Help me know if this is a problem
Posted by orwenius@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Hello all, i have a question that need an answer, and searching on internet doesn't return a clear one. A couple month ago i was able to obtain at a good price a new kit of ddr5 ram (32 gb) to swap with mine (16gb), but it has a catch, it's a 6800 mt and mine is a 6000. Is that a problem? My cpu is a amd 7600 (i intend to change it eventually) and my mobo is a Strix B650E-F. From am obscure forum i found out that the ram should simply max at 6000 and nothing else, but i wanted to be sure
UpstairsConnection57@reddit
I have a Strix B650E-F and it will overclock my 6000 RAM to 6400 so I don't know where you are getting your weird information from.
orwenius@reddit (OP)
as i said it was an obscure forum, i know you can overclock from a lower frequency to an higher but at the cost of some instability (if not done correctly), so i was apprehensive it could be true the other way around. while i do have some pc knowledge i'm still learning and as they say better safe than sorry
KING_of_Trainers69@reddit
You can run it at 6000MHz, yes.
The kit might have a 6000MHz XMP profile, if it does you can just load that and be on your way.
If it doesn't then I would load the 6800MHz profile, drop the frequency to 6000MHz and the CAS latency to whatever gives the same ratio between frequency and CASc as the XMP profile does (i.e if the kit is 6800C34 drop it down to 6000C30). Make sure to round up and even CAS ratings will perform better than odd due to Gear Down Mode.
This will give you slightly worse performance than a 6000MHz XMP profile but you probably won't notice. If you want to tweak it further you can repeat the same process for the other sub timings.
orwenius@reddit (OP)
thank you very much.
Slow-Astronaut9676@reddit
Manually turn it down (loads of guides to do this) and when you get a faster new cpu in the future, unlock that speed
aragorn18@reddit
You can manually turn the speed down to 6000.