I'm going crazy trying to figure this stuff out. I've got a Samsung b-die kit, g.skill, date is 2020 Jul, I just bought them last week off Newegg. F4-3200c14d-32gvk to be specific. It has xmp set for 3200 c14-14-14-34, it is 2x16. I have a 6700k, and an Asrock Z170 Gaming K6. It absolutely will not boot using xmp, so I had to increase the vccio/sa to 1.25 and 1.3.
Then I tried to see what my absolute limits would be, I put vram to 1.5v, io to 1.25 which is the max I can pick, and sa 1.35, also the max I can pick. No matter how loose the timings, it absolutely would not post beyond 3700.
So I scale it back to 3600, and I get it to take 16-16-16-38, and into windows. Feels pretty stable, I would expect that since I'm dumping a stupid amount of voltage in this thing. Well then I try hci memtest pro, and of course, 1 error pops up after 2 hours. I check the dimms reportred temps, they are like 44c.
Well so I scale back the voltage to dram 1.4 and sa 1.3, and see if that helps any in case I was unstable due to temp, plus I make my fans on cpu and case run faster. Well that took a few C off and running the test to 100%, yay no errors, though I'm sure it would have if I ran overnight. I move to try out prime95, and ran large without making any changes, within 5 minutes it's failed on multiple threads. I also saw elsewhere to try doing 112k no avx to test the memory controller, I do that, INSTANT failure. So I pop the sa voltage back to max and it still instant fails.
At this point I'm really frustrated and dissapointed because it looks like I can't even get 3600cl16 stable, which just feels like a kick in the **** when I have a 3200cl14 kit.
I'm not sure what to do, I'm really lost on if I can do anything with the secondary and tertiary timings, I've left these on auto because they make my head hurt to have 50 settings that aren't explained anywhere. I've tried to read so many things and I just can't find a good video or guide that explains those timings, and idk if it would even help if I'm already unstable using the I assume much looser auto settings.
Am I just absolutely screwed because my memory controller is apparently a dumpster fire?
Then I tried to see what my absolute limits would be, I put vram to 1.5v, io to 1.25 which is the max I can pick, and sa 1.35, also the max I can pick. No matter how loose the timings, it absolutely would not post beyond 3700.
So I scale it back to 3600, and I get it to take 16-16-16-38, and into windows. Feels pretty stable, I would expect that since I'm dumping a stupid amount of voltage in this thing. Well then I try hci memtest pro, and of course, 1 error pops up after 2 hours. I check the dimms reportred temps, they are like 44c.
Well so I scale back the voltage to dram 1.4 and sa 1.3, and see if that helps any in case I was unstable due to temp, plus I make my fans on cpu and case run faster. Well that took a few C off and running the test to 100%, yay no errors, though I'm sure it would have if I ran overnight. I move to try out prime95, and ran large without making any changes, within 5 minutes it's failed on multiple threads. I also saw elsewhere to try doing 112k no avx to test the memory controller, I do that, INSTANT failure. So I pop the sa voltage back to max and it still instant fails.
At this point I'm really frustrated and dissapointed because it looks like I can't even get 3600cl16 stable, which just feels like a kick in the **** when I have a 3200cl14 kit.
I'm not sure what to do, I'm really lost on if I can do anything with the secondary and tertiary timings, I've left these on auto because they make my head hurt to have 50 settings that aren't explained anywhere. I've tried to read so many things and I just can't find a good video or guide that explains those timings, and idk if it would even help if I'm already unstable using the I assume much looser auto settings.
Am I just absolutely screwed because my memory controller is apparently a dumpster fire?