AS185 wrote:
Hey,
It could be the IMC but overclocking to 4000MHz takes a lot of skill. I'm thinking it's possible to achieve the frequency. Try asking users in the Overclocking/Tweaking forum.
One or two answered above. LOL
3600mhz is as high as it will post right now. If a person ever managed to get the memory up to 4000mhz with that CPU, the timings would likely be so loose, the memory was probably faster at 3600mhz. Timings are as important or more, than frequency alone.
Best case scenario is to mess with the timings and tighten them as much as possible. The memory modules should say what voltage they are to run at. Set that voltage in the BIOS and dont go much if any above that. There are other voltages that can be tweaked (vccsa, vccio, pch). But stick with just the dram for now.
Once you set the dram voltage, you can start tightening the timings. This can be extensive and there are guides to do so.
You can also bump the FSB frequency. Doing so will overclock the CPU as well though. So be mindful to CPU frequency. You might have to drop a multiplier and/or raise the CPU Core voltage. As I said above, the higher the CPU frequency, the more strain added to the IMC. You should be able to get the FSB to 103mhz easily, but start at 101mhz and slowly work your way up.
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It could be the IMC but overclocking to 4000MHz takes a lot of skill" If it wasnt the IMC, chances are the memory would work straight out of the box at 4000mhz by setting the XMP profile. No overclocking or pissing around to get my G.Kill TridentZ to its rated 4000mhz with my i9-10850K. Set XMP and bang - 4000mhz. With the same timings (15-16-16-36 CL15), I was able to easily bump frequency to 4100+mhz with just the FSB. Without adjusting the vccsa, vccio, pch voltages.
So yes, the integrity of the IMC plays a big part in higher memory frequencies.
