My new build PC not stable with XMP1 profile

[tranthephongpq]

I have a set of PC specifications as follows:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-13500
• Motherboard: MSI B660 Mortar DDR5
• RAM: Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 5600MHz 16GB (8GBx2) installed in slots 2 and 4
• GPU: MSI RX6750 Mech 12GB OC
• Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD
• PSU: Corsair CV750 80 Plus Bronze

My PC currently runs stably with the XMP2 profile enabled, which sets the RAM speed to 5200MHz without encountering any errors in memtest86. However, when I switch to the XMP1 profile to achieve a RAM speed of 5600MHz, I experience a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) while gaming.

I'm wondering if the issue lies with my RAM. Can you please provide some assistance and guidance?"

 

[citay]

Ah, then it was a misunderstanding. By you posting,

Last night, I overclocked my system,

I assumed you overclocked your CPU, which wouldn't really have worked due to the reasons i mentioned. But it turns out it was the RAM. Yeah, when you have difficulty getting XMP stable and already have to raise some voltages for that, then it's best not to try to raise the frequency past the XMP speed. Plus, once you attempt that, it's hard to say where the limiting factor is anymore, because the RAM was only validated for XMP, not higher. So now the limitation might be purely from the RAM side, and not the memory system.

Whatever you can make stable at XMP, or even with a bit optimized timings, i'd stick to that. If you wanted DDR5-6000, it would've been better to get a kit of that to begin with.
Although the performance difference from -5600 is not that huge.

 

[tranthephongpq]

Ah, then it was a misunderstanding. By you posting,



I assumed you overclocked your CPU, which wouldn't really have worked due to the reasons i mentioned. But it turns out it was the RAM. Yeah, when you have difficulty getting XMP stable and already have to raise some voltages for that, then it's best not to try to raise the frequency past the XMP speed. Plus, once you attempt that, it's hard to say where the limiting factor is anymore, because the RAM was only validated for XMP, not higher. So now the limitation might be purely from the RAM side, and not the memory system.

Whatever you can make stable at XMP, or even with a bit optimized timings, i'd stick to that. If you wanted DDR5-6000, it would've been better to get a kit of that to begin with.
Although the performance difference from -5600 is not that huge.

I apologize for the confusion in my previous explanation. I now believe that setting the memory to 5600MHz is sufficient for my needs. When I increased the timings and benchmarked the performance using AIDA, I didn't notice a significant improvement, likely due to my CPU's limitations. I'm hopeful that I won't encounter any errors or experience a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) moving forward.