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So I've set the tRRD_S and tRRD_L as per above as well as tFAW to 16. Booted up all fine, left the CL at the default 18 and manually set the DRAM voltage to 1.35.

AIDA64 now shows:

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Any clue as to why the MT/s has slightly dropped resulting in slightly higher latency? The L2 and L3 caches have increased however.

I'm thinking with this result that maybe just setting CL to 16 is the better option? I can't remember fully but I am sure I tried CL16 at 3200MHz once before and could not get it to boot so left it at CL18. Would CL17 be a viable option?
 
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Does the fact that they are 32GB modules factor into that though? If I switched to 4x16GB modules for example could that make a difference?
 
Update, figured since it's a new BIOS version and so far things have been booting and running good, that I'd try booting at 3600MHz, keep in mind I had trouble booting on previous BIOS versions at 3600 gear 1, well now it's all good! Looks like it took Gigabyte 5 versions before finally nailing it lol. Everything is back on auto as well.

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That's shaved off over 10ns latency, I could probably drop to CL17 and get the latency down further but I want to check stability in games etc first for a few days just to be doubly sure all is good.
 
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It took MSI a few attempts to get things right on my board as well. I've just checked and there's a newer BIOS now that mentions improved memory compatibility, but I'm not gonna bother risking it.

The only thing I can't get stable on mine is a 1T command rate.
 
Oh yeah I'm on 2T and have yet to try 1T, need to look into how much of a difference that makes to latency first then have a play if it's significant I guess :D
 
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12700k still going strong here, I'll be tempted by the 14700k as a drop in upgrade but only if I'm going to see noticeable benefits. I doubt I'll get one on release.

This runs 5ghz all core just fine at relatively low power and temps. Not exactly setting the world on fire as I know people are running 5.4ghz+ all core on raptor lake etc but I cba with spending hours fine tuning OCs these days.
 
@mrk Think so. Point taken, tho if I do ever venture into the BIOS I would typically get lost in the myriad of options and sub pages etc.
If I decide to change to a RL refresh it might be a reason to see what the new BIOS offers, in terms of layout.
 
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Ayahuasca said:
12700k still going strong here, I'll be tempted by the 14700k as a drop in upgrade but only if I'm going to see noticeable benefits. I doubt I'll get one on release.

This runs 5ghz all core just fine at relatively low power and temps. Not exactly setting the world on fire as I know people are running 5.4ghz+ all core on raptor lake etc but I cba with spending hours fine tuning OCs these days.
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Similar to me and my all core 5.1Ghz 12700k.
 
Yup nothing is really taxing my 12700KF and I'm exclusively using AV1 for video encoding now via the 4090 which is absolutely amazing so have no desire to go quicksync let alone 14th gen really :D

All photo editing now is purely GPU accelerated too so the 12700 leads an easy life in both games and workloads which is nice.

I'll upgrade the bios once a new one has a a feature ok likely to utilise I guess, but it's nice to see gigabyte actually improving the UI. For me the old one is fine as all my most commonly changed settings are saved to the favs page there, no need to search around etc
 
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Ok so got home an checked GB's wbesite, they note an Intel CPU microcode update in the latest BIOS with the new UX, I guess this is a security patch or something?

www.gigabyte.com

Z690 GAMING X DDR4 (rev. 1.0) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...
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Ok so got home an checked GB's wbesite, they note an Intel CPU microcode update in the latest BIOS with the new UX, I guess this is a security patch or something?

www.gigabyte.com

Z690 GAMING X DDR4 (rev. 1.0) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...
www.gigabyte.com www.gigabyte.com
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Couldn't it be more related to this....?

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Intel Microcode Caused "Unsupported CPU" BSOD Issue, New BIOS With Updated Microcode Coming Soon

Intel's microcode has been causing various "Unsupported CPU" BSOD issues on 13th Gen CPUs & the company is already working on a new microcode.
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Doesn't mean that would be the only change tho, if correct.
 
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I see the newest BIOS version has fixes for that UEFI/BIOS logo exploit, tempted to install it and get a gist of the new UI too but want to know if it is compatible with fan profile backup and restore from the old UI? I know settings backup and restore is not possible as it isn't right now on the same UI anyway, but fan profile backup and restore has always worked.
 
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