gigabyte z68 owners please help 2133mhz ram

fedexpress · 17th June 2012, 9:42 PM

anyone with a z68 ud7?

I can't seem to get my c11 gskill 2x4gb ram to run at its rated speed >_<

I was using it on my asus z68 v pro and all i had to do was select the xmp profile and BAM it would work

But this gigabyte crap i select xmp profile and even checked all the timings it would crash during startup >_<

I can run it at 1866 10-10-10-28 but can't get 2133 11-11-11-30

With f10 bios

anyone able to get 2133 ram working with this board?

If so what voltage settings did you use? thanks!

dmandn · 18th June 2012, 10:42 PM

Without meaning to sound bad, sell the gigabyte and keep the Asus.

fedexpress · 29th June 2012, 10:20 PM

anyone with a z68 giga board able to get 2133 on these rams?

doesn't matter what board u have!

just let me know how u got it to that speed lol!

issa2006 · 30th June 2012, 4:26 PM

set voltage to 1.65 (try 1.7) samsung modula at 1600 oc to 2133 need 1.75v (oc the)
try 12 12 12 70 t2, at 1.65 v...(doint oc cpu) leave at default... just test via mem86+ v4.2 (8 hours) overnight

whats you other ram settings /(auto)?

tr1cky271 · 30th June 2012, 5:43 PM

My first question is: is that RAM on your motherboards Memory QVL?

fedexpress · 30th June 2012, 6:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issa2006

set voltage to 1.65 (try 1.7) samsung modula at 1600 oc to 2133 need 1.75v (oc the)
try 12 12 12 70 t2, at 1.65 v...(doint oc cpu) leave at default... just test via mem86+ v4.2 (8 hours) overnight

whats you other ram settings /(auto)?

i tried auto xmp profile and manually setting the timings

on my asus z68 board i just select the xmp profile and it works :P

I'm not gonna run at higher voltage as it's not recommended for my 2600k which is why this ram runs fine on 1.5v on my asus z68

Quote:

Originally Posted by tr1cky271

My first question is: is that RAM on your motherboards Memory QVL?

no idea what that means, it's the red ripjaws 2133 cl11, there is only 1 version of this :P

but yeh i'm running it at 1866 atm with no issues and from the reviews there is pretty much 0% real world difference between the 2 speeds :P

tr1cky271 · 1st July 2012, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedexpress

no idea what that means, it's the red ripjaws 2133 cl11, there is only 1 version of this :P

The RAM is probably NOT compatible with that motherboard. Check here; http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3847#ov and click on 'Memory Support List'.

If your RAM is not listed then that would explain why you have issues.

Chaffe · 2nd July 2012, 12:53 AM

The thing your probably not doing is raising your VCCIO.

If it's not on the QVL then you have to tweak 3 things normally to get your memory to work.

Vddr
Timings

These two relate directly to getting the ram to work, which you've already figured from the other board that it runs at a Vddr of 1.5V at the rated timings.

The other thing you need to tweak is VCCIO or VIO. Can't remember off the top of my head but the voltage you'll need to tweek is something like that. This is the voltage for your integrated memory controller which is the other major component involved in memory overclocking

Stock is 1.05V, but to get 2133 you may need up to 1.15V. Chances are you'll have it set at 1.05V which you'd need a GEM cpu to be able to run 2133mhz with. I'd start @ 1.1V and work your way up. So far both my SB samples have needed alot more then 1.1V but you may be luckier then me. (1.14 to 1.16V to run 2133 but I was also running 7-8-7-1T timings as well)

leithals · 4th July 2012, 3:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaffe

The thing your probably not doing is raising your VCCIO.

If it's not on the QVL then you have to tweak 3 things normally to get your memory to work.

Vddr
Timings

These two relate directly to getting the ram to work, which you've already figured from the other board that it runs at a Vddr of 1.5V at the rated timings.

The other thing you need to tweak is VCCIO or VIO. Can't remember off the top of my head but the voltage you'll need to tweek is something like that. This is the voltage for your integrated memory controller which is the other major component involved in memory overclocking

Stock is 1.05V, but to get 2133 you may need up to 1.15V. Chances are you'll have it set at 1.05V which you'd need a GEM cpu to be able to run 2133mhz with. I'd start @ 1.1V and work your way up. So far both my SB samples have needed alot more then 1.1V but you may be luckier then me. (1.14 to 1.16V to run 2133 but I was also running 7-8-7-1T timings as well)

Good info here. Gigabyte, being a real mans board, needs manual tweaking. None of this plug it in and it works for us.

pittster · 4th July 2012, 3:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leithals

Good info here. Gigabyte, being a real mans board, needs manual tweaking. None of this plug it in and it works for us.

Its the Gigabyte way

fedexpress · 4th July 2012, 6:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leithals

Good info here. Gigabyte, being a real mans board, needs manual tweaking. None of this plug it in and it works for us.

Um isn't that what xmp profiles are for?

1 click and it loads all that for you?

Chaffe · 5th July 2012, 2:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedexpress

Um isn't that what xmp profiles are for?

1 click and it loads all that for you?

It's sposed to be like that. What tends to actually happen particularly when the IMC requires a large OC (1333mhz -> 2133mhz in the case of SB) the board/ram makers have two options-

Go conservative on the voltage required by the IMC to maintain stability so that only an absolute shithouse chip won't be stable. The downside of this approach is that due to the excessive voltage used the IMC degrades quite rapidly resulting in a premature death of your CPU (there have been implementations of XMP that had lethal voltages for CPUs) but the end user is kept happy in the short term.

Use a safe voltage that will work on some CPUs. The result of this is that some end users who got unlucky in the silicon lottery can't run higher speeds using XMP profiles but there CPU is kept within safe limits and in most cases survives for it's entire warranty period.

The reason XMP tends to be something I would suggest people avoid is because both the board/ram makers tend to go with the first route.

Reason I suggest playing with your IMC voltage is because it's the thing that normally limits what ram speed you can run stably. As to whether your CPU can run OC'd ram speeds (2133mhz is the top end of OC'd ram speeds for SB) at safe 24/7 voltages is down to luck at the end of the day.

snappy1 · 5th July 2012, 9:40 AM

Exactly ^^ I have seen a lot of unstable overclocks caused by XMP, set the same freq/timings manually and it is rock solid

fedexpress · 5th July 2012, 5:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snappy1

Exactly ^^ I have seen a lot of unstable overclocks caused by XMP, set the same freq/timings manually and it is rock solid

hmm that might explain why when i had it at 2133 on my other board it was crashing once in a while.

right now it's at 1866 and haven't had 1 crash on my ud7 so yeh happy with that

17th June 2012, 9:42 PM	#1
fedexpress Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 194	gigabyte z68 owners please help 2133mhz ram anyone with a z68 ud7? I can't seem to get my c11 gskill 2x4gb ram to run at its rated speed >_< I was using it on my asus z68 v pro and all i had to do was select the xmp profile and BAM it would work But this gigabyte crap i select xmp profile and even checked all the timings it would crash during startup >_< I can run it at 1866 10-10-10-28 but can't get 2133 11-11-11-30 With f10 bios anyone able to get 2133 ram working with this board? If so what voltage settings did you use? thanks! Last edited by fedexpress; 17th June 2012 at 9:50 PM.

18th June 2012, 10:42 PM	#2
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30th June 2012, 4:26 PM	#4
issa2006 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: AUSTRALIA (ADL) Posts: 2,488	set voltage to 1.65 (try 1.7) samsung modula at 1600 oc to 2133 need 1.75v (oc the) try 12 12 12 70 t2, at 1.65 v...(doint oc cpu) leave at default... just test via mem86+ v4.2 (8 hours) overnight whats you other ram settings /(auto)? __________________ 2700k+Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3/i-ram 4g -32g ddr3 1600/2xssd in raid 0(sam 120g M-830)+ hdds+sound card+g19/g9x etc....27" 120 +3d samsung +7" touch screen etc...(gig oc 670 x2 sli)1250psu evermax+water cooling (oc4.8)ghz etc-win7 64bit +eboostr+supercache 5(3600+mb/sec hdd access)

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2nd July 2012, 12:53 AM	#8
Chaffe Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Holeceston Posts: 942	The thing your probably not doing is raising your VCCIO. If it's not on the QVL then you have to tweak 3 things normally to get your memory to work. Vddr Timings These two relate directly to getting the ram to work, which you've already figured from the other board that it runs at a Vddr of 1.5V at the rated timings. The other thing you need to tweak is VCCIO or VIO. Can't remember off the top of my head but the voltage you'll need to tweek is something like that. This is the voltage for your integrated memory controller which is the other major component involved in memory overclocking Stock is 1.05V, but to get 2133 you may need up to 1.15V. Chances are you'll have it set at 1.05V which you'd need a GEM cpu to be able to run 2133mhz with. I'd start @ 1.1V and work your way up. So far both my SB samples have needed alot more then 1.1V but you may be luckier then me. (1.14 to 1.16V to run 2133 but I was also running 7-8-7-1T timings as well) __________________ Join the OCAU HWbot team "There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so"

29th June 2012, 10:20 PM	#3
fedexpress Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 194	anyone with a z68 giga board able to get 2133 on these rams? doesn't matter what board u have! just let me know how u got it to that speed lol!

5th July 2012, 9:40 AM	#13
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