AM5 2 Dimm OCF board PLEASE£!
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Topic: AM5 2 Dimm OCF board PLEASE£!
Posted By: ChronicTonic
Subject: AM5 2 Dimm OCF board PLEASE£!
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2024 at 3:57am
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Can we get a board like the Z890 Taichi OCF for AMD users PLEASE? I want a "memory oc shield" too! Honestly, all these 4 dimm boards is some kind of engineering/consumer-misunderstanding fiasco.. you guys clearly know 2 dimms works much better! And what percent of consumer do you think want/need 4 dimm slots?? Other than the appparently upcoming B850i lightning, does ASRock have no plans of any other 2 dimm 800 series AMD boards? I'm not seeing any listed on official/unofficial leaks of upcoming boards. This is a sad state of affairs. From my research, the ONLY full size AM5 board with 2 dimms is going to be the Asus x870e Apex... north of $700.. ridiculousness. If we can't get an OCF board, can you at least re-make the RS Pro or Nova with just 2 dimms (with or without some memory pathway shielding like the OCF board gets)? I'm 100% sure this would be you highest selling AM5 motherboard going forward. We already know either Zen6 or Zen5+ is on the way... Of course 8000mhz memory speed is going to be the baseline.... So, we will need boards that can do 9000+ so we can push the memclock beyond advertized speed, of course, lol. And all these 4 Dimm boards are topping out at 8000-8400... :( Buying a new 800 series motherboard now for a 9000 series AMD chip with the thought of being future-proof can't be done with these dumb 4 DIMM boards... it seems like no one gets this. :( Can someone from ASRock please reply and tell me you guys understand the situation and have at least one 2 DIMM board headed our way? Or roll us out a CAMM2? Thanks! |
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Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 4:11am
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 5:44am
I highly doubt ASRock will answer. Product development is typically top secret  ------------- 
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Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 10:34am
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You're probably right, just hoping at least someone from ASRock might see the post and maybe they'll consider giving us an OCF for AMD. Of course, it was only leaked information I saw suggesting the only 2 dimm board ASRock has planned is the b850i lightning... maybe they are being asked by AMD to wait for releasing an OCF.. similarly like Asus is waiting for January and the B850 boards with their Apex. That's what i'm hoping at least. Also, the more people post about wanting a decent 2 dimm board for overclocking, the more likely we'll get one I figure. |
Posted By: NDRE28
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 12:23pm
Hello! While, that's true that there are not many 2 DIMM AM5 motherboards, saying that there's only one, from Asus, out there, is ridiculous! You'll have to do more research on this! An example of such configuration is the Gigabyte B670E Aorus Tachyon. (Actually, all Aorus Tachyon boards use the 2 DIMM configuration, as far as I know). |
ChronicTonic wrote:Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 9:34pm
| I'm talking about 800 series boards which are also not ITX form factor. Currently there are ZERO. |
Posted By: NDRE28
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 9:50pm
Hi! There's nothing special about the 800 series motherboards. AMD's 600 & 800 series are almost identical! One difference is that on the 800 series, USB4 has been made mandatory. Though high-end 600 series motherboards also have USB4 ports (mine does). |
Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 11:36pm
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I see a lot of people say similarly, but the 800 series boards (almost all of them) have memory speeds supported listed as 8200-8400+ I even saw a post of someone with b650e Tachyon saying Gigabyte seems to be limiting the memory speeds purposely via Bios code. Sure there's a few b650i, but I don't want to put a 12 or 16 core 9000 series (or upcoming CPU coming next year) into a b650i with weak VRM. So that leaves only the x670e Gene, which they stopped making :( idk friend, maybe there's a board you are referring to that I don't know about..? I just want a decent-priced (even up to $500-600), overclock-friendly 2 dimm board, full size ATX, with decent VRM.. but I sure can't find one! |
Posted By: NDRE28
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 4:31pm
Hello again! I was talking about the Gigabyte B650E & X670E Tachyon motherboards. Regarding high speed RAM support, it's pretty tricky, because, usually, it's not the motherboard that limits the system, but the silicone of the CPU. For example, my ASRock X670E Taichi supports officially RAM speeds up to 7800+ MT/s. However, my Ryzen 9 9950X can't handle well 6000MT/s! I have an EXPO memory kit from Kingston Fury with DDR5-6400 CL32 & DDR5-6000 CL30 profiles. But if I enable any of the 2 profiles and do a full test with MemTest86, I'm getting errors! So, I've created a custom profile with the DRAM lowered at 5800MT/s. That makes the system rock stable. |
Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2024 at 2:29am
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There was no x670e Tachyon, just the B650e... and it's out of production just like the Gene board. A 9950x that won't do 6000mhz... first I've heard of this, but I haven't read much about how other people are doing with their 9950x. I'm currently on Asrock x870 rs pro and 9700x.. running 6200mhz 1:1 with 2x32gb sticks no problem. But I saw someone with a Gene board and 9700x running my same memory kit at 8000... which I think a Taichi OCF could also do.. just need an AM5 version of this board. I'm happy with the RS Pro and all, but if a 2dimm board appears in my budget range before my Amazon return window, I'll be buying that isntead.. better to future-proof with motherboards when possible. |
Posted By: NDRE28
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2024 at 5:02am
You are right about the Tachyon. There is no X670E Tachyon. RAM speed is being limited by the memory controller that's on the CPU. AMD Zen 5 CPUs only support, officially, 2x DDR5-5600, or 4x DDR5-3600. Everything beyond that is silicone lottery. |
Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2024 at 3:26am
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Yes, "officially".. but in reality, probably 80% or better of zen 4 and 5 series will do 6000-6400mhz 1:1 -so memclk/uclk 3000-3200. But then running 2:1 has been showing benefit at 7800+ and I've yet to hear of a single person with a good 2 dimm motherboard who was not able to run a zen 4 or 5 stable at 8000+. Anyways, either Zen6 or Zen5+ is said to be coming in 2025... the main change should be with the memory controller.. a strong focus on reducing memory latency. So, not really sure what point you were trying to make.. but personally I want a Taichi OCF so I can be future-proof for at least one more upcoming CPU.. potentially running 9000+mhz ram by the end of it's life. |
Posted By: NDRE28
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2024 at 6:40am
The point that I was trying to make is that, fast RAM kits, that are running above the spec of the CPU, aren't guaranteed to work! Or, if they do work, they might be running with errors, which can be seen when testing the system with a tool such as MemTest86. |
Posted By: eccential
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2024 at 6:31pm
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I agree with the OP in regards to just having 2 DIMM slots for AM5 boards. So much so, I'm planning to buy a B650M-HDV/M.2 when 9800X3D becomes regularly available. I understand OP wants a high-end board whereas HDV is a low-end board, but the basic idea is the same. Extra bonus with HDV is that it's cheap :) |
Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 10:44am
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Really I'd be most happy if they gave us the memory-related OCF features on just their basic RS pro.. and even if no extra memory shielding.. 2 dimm is inherently so much better. I know 8000mhz+ is what the next CPU line is going to be running, and Intel gets a taichi OCF. HDV is honestly the best value, lol.. probably no problem passing 8400mhz on memory and has everything else an ordinary computer user needs. |
Posted By: ChronicTonic
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 10:52am
"Not guaranteed" haha, well that is true.. but my post is regarding desire for an OCF board, lol, that's a board specifically designed for memory overclocking.. so uhh.. I'm certainly aware no results are guaranteed with overclocking, it's the nature of the game, silicon lottery and all. I just like to be future-proof with purchases, and enjoy squeezing more performance where I can. |
Posted By: NDRE28
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 6:38pm
OK. |
Posted By: eccential
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024 at 8:17pm
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Among the newly announced (leaked?) B850 boards, B850M-X has 2 DIMM slots and isn't mini-ITX. It's micro-ATX. No full-size ATX boards with just 2 DIMM slots. The ITX one of course has 2 DIMM slots, but that's sort of a given. |