It all comes down to 1 thing realistically.....IS AMD going to loosen up their timing specs?
If they do, and start allowing 2T command rate, then sure, I don't see any problems getting more memory to operate at 3200 MHz....
If they don't....all bets are off and I would almost guarantee that if you aren't running at or very close to 3200 MHz now (ie 2933MHz or higher), you probably won't in the future.
Again, this is all speculation on my part.....but think about it logically. AMD want's 1T command rate. They've shown no indication of that changing. And that's realistically the limiting factor with the memory.
Dude, you are a genius. I've been scouring forums, spec sheets, manuals, and tinkered myself for
over a week now with combined amount of hours nearing about
50 trying to solve why my brand new, fresh installed Ryzen PC would BSOD left and right, seemingly without cause or solution, until I read practically everything you've written in this forum.
The point about command rate, specifically Ryzen wanting 1T
only, might be a major factor.
Right now, I am only able to run 2133 MHz on my X370 Gaming Pro Carbon with my 16 GB (2x8 GB) 2400 MHz 15-15-15-35 PNY Anarchy when I do the following:
- Reduce timings to
at best 18-20-20-20-38
- Raise voltage to
at lowest 1.4v DRAM
- Raise voltage to
at lowest 1.1v CPU NB (uncore)
-
Disable all boosting features on my CPU
-
Limit to 3.2 GHz on my R5 1600
- Run fans a little higher to eliminate possibility for thermal throttling
- Fresh installed Windows with as few drivers and installed programs as possible for stability
And only then am I getting a reasonably stable system. It's definitely very slow in games (even with a Fury X) because of the very low CPU clock speeds, horrible RAM speed and timings, and lack of any OC on my GPU for stability's sake. But so far, I've finally gotten it not to crash for a while.
That said, do you have any other wisdom? Is there anything I could potentially do to get it to just 2400 MHz and CL15? I'm pretty sure that was tested at 2T, but I'm not afraid to throw some more voltage at the thing if I have to in order to get decent timings at 2400 MHz. I just want a stable system at this point.