Am I over complicating it or do I need to be adjusting all of that? If it were just changing those four timings in the bios, I'd be fine, but when I pull it up it I see wayyy more settings to fiddle with than just those. I guess that leads me to my next question though, can I just change the frequencies, or do I also need to get into changing the timings? Are the manufacturers timings ( 18-20-20-44) still recommended, even if they aren't running at 4000Mhz? Honestly, I'm a little overwhelmed when it comes to adjusting those. I'm totally fine with just running all four at 3600Mhz since I know that extra 400Mhz won't make a huge difference anyway. I can't seem to find anything regarding max speed differences with 2 vs 4 sticks anywhere in the specs (or the manual). I read somewhere that most XMP profiles are set up for intel processors, so there might be some kind of conflict there? Honestly, I don't really know what to do next because I'm a bit paranoid that I'll end up permanently messing something up after the first scare. After trying to do a CMOS reset a number of times to no avail, I eventually realized that I could take out two of the dims to make the bios go back into setup mode and turn off XMP.Įverything is now back to how it was before, which is good, but I don't really know what to do about the ram situation. I spent the next couple hours freaking out thinking that I just fried my mobo/processor or something. Additionally, all of my accessories stopped working (mouse, keyboard, headphones, etc.) and weren't even receiving power.
#Xcalibur force xtreme full#
Once I reset, my fans started spinning at full speed and my monitors weren't getting any kind of input anymore. With that realization, I tried enabling XMP to reset it to the manufacturers settings and ran into some trouble. It wasn't until then that I realized that my ram had been running at 2400mhz (with different timings than the manufacturers recommended ones) this whole time. When I booted up after installing them, I got the typical bios message about the ram changing and booted into the bios. Fast forward to now, I noticed that I was having some slowdowns with my ram and decided to go ahead and buy another 8x2 kit since I originally wanted to run with 32gb anyway. Once I got the computer in, I assumed NZXT had already set up the ram and I didn't think to look into it. I know 4000mhz is a bit overkill and I probably only needed 3600mhz, but I'd read that 3rd gen Ryzen chips really need fast ram and thought it couldn't hurt to go overboard a bit just in case (and honestly, those dims look really slick).
With the build, I upgraded to the 8x2 16gb 4000mhz T-Force Xcalibur Dim's.
#Xcalibur force xtreme Pc#
I say that to clarify that I do at least know the basic's of PC building and I'm not just coming in here with a question about a pre-built machine that I'm oblivious about. I'm no stranger to PC building, but honestly, the convenience of only paying the extra $100 fee for a warranty on the entire build as well as letting someone better handle cable management was pretty appealing to me.
I purchased a custom computer through NZXT's BLD program about 6 months ago and have been loving it so far.