EXPO unstable but is it worth it for me to actually find a way to make it work?

Posted by EMITzzzz@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments

Hi, before I go into detail, this is my setup.

7600x

ASROCK B650M Pro rs

KLEVV CRAS 32 GB (16X2) 6000/CL30

WD BLACK SN7100 2TB

2080ti

CORSAIR RM850e 3.1

My issue is that EXPO (or even XMP) are kinda unstable. Not that it won't boot or immediately shutdown, etc. but I will encounter microstutter here and there if I enable EXPO or XMP which, for me, is so damn annoying. It might crash the system and restarted sometime too.

I tried raising voltage in BIOS and drop the speed down (enable EXPO but use 5200-5600 instead of 6000) which still give me a microstutter in the game or youtube. But if I use default but up the speed to 5200 or 5400 from 4800, it will run smoothly. So, I suspect it might be something about my system voltage issue or some electric thing, I'm not sure.

I want you ask you guys 2 thing.

Apart from RMA or maybe chaning the RAM, are there anyway I should try to make it work?

2.Is it really worth the hassle? I mean, I'm perfectly fine with my system right now. Good FPS for the game that I play, no crashing, everything run smoothly, It's perfect. But it's just that I felt like I bought a 6000MTs stick and I want to experience it all, If the performance improvement is worth it. I wont trade stability for performance tho.

Thank you. I don't really understand why this happened lol. My previous system (2950x + Corsair Vengeance 64(32x2) 3200 DDR4) also can't enable the XMP because of the stability issue. am I curse or something??

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unknownloser54321@reddit

I doubt the microstutters are caused by the RAM. It’s more likely a compound issue that shows itself when getting higher performance. You can verify this by running Memtest86 and OCCT CPU+RAM tests when enabling EXPO profile 1. If they don’t show any errors: RAM is not the problem. Which version of NVidia drivers are you on? These are causing issues left and right, especially for older cards (like microstutters, black screens, hard crashes etc). You might want to download 566.36, and then DDU in safe mode without internet (that’s the critical part) to remove and then install 566.36

EMITzzzz@reddit (OP)

But the issue is not showing up at all when I'm not using EXPO or XMP, wouldn't this be an indicator? But I will try Memtest86 and OCCT. I think I'm on latest version of NVIDIA Driver but It always been like this for months even with older version of GPU driver tho.

Drivers have been shit for a long time now. 566.36 is from December…

Redrive_PC_Build@reddit

Make sure ram modules installed in 2nd and 4th slots (start count from CPU side) and the BIOS updated to latest version. If your ram part# not in motherboard supported memory list for Ryzen 7000 series CPU you issue might not be resolved.

Yep I install sticks in the right slots and BIOS is updated. Yes, My RAM is not on QVL list for my MOBO. Like I said, If it doesnt work, that's fine. It's not technically something I would went all the way to fix it but it's just bugged me that I bought the whole ass 6000 MTs and cant fully utilise it lmao.