Ab350 Gaming K4, can't reach 3200Mhz on DDR4

Hello, i just changed my motherboard, but i kept same CPU and same 2x8gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LED 3200mhz.

Edited by StIwY - 16 Sep 2017 at 12:56am

Anything above 2666 MHz is an overclock in RAM speed and there's never any guarantee you will hit the same OC with a different motherboard, even if you have the same CPU and RAM modules. There's also no guarantee that buying another set of RAM modules will get you to 3200 MHz, not even if you buy modules that the motherboard's memory qvl lists as being able to reach those speeds. It's debatable whether not reaching those speeds counts as a problem, since the max stock speed for the CPUs IMC is 2666 MHz. If you couldn't reach 2666 MHz, that would certainly count as a problem, but that's not the case here.

I can understand the frustration since benchmarks like fast RAM with Ryzen, but especially if you have something like a GTX 1060, it's highly unlikely you will notice any real differences in gaming as long as you can reach max stock speeds. And ff you have a GTX 1080, you're probably reaching very good FPS figures anyways and the differences become mostly about bragging rights. Buying new RAM modules or a new motherboard is an expensive gamble and changing the platform altogether might be costly still, so my advice would be to stick with 2800 MHz, wait for possible BIOS updates - at least for a while - and see if you feel the performance is lacking in your normal use. You can even downclock the RAM to see whether that makes any difference. If not, the same will probably be true for faster RAM.

With Ryzen memory over clocks, you must increase the SOC voltage from the stock 0.900V to 1.100V+.

You did not say if you increased the SOC voltage or not in your first post.

Tried the Gskill Flare X 3200-CL14, same behaviour. I can reach max 2800mhz.

Edited by StIwY - 22 Sep 2017 at 9:14pm