AMD 1600x vs. I5-3570k?

[TwitchisMental]

I have multi-core rendering enabled, I usually have to tell people to enable that feature . I don’t really know of any other option I could change to increase performace. That being said, whenever I start up my computer now when it gets to the log-in window, it freezes/is frozen/slow responsiveness until after the picture has gone up and it asks me for my password.

As for the RAM, its an ASRock X370 Taichi and in the manuals, it says that the 1st and 3rd RAM slots are Single Channels that has a what I am assuming a max Mhz or 2133. For the 2nd and 4th slots, they are Dual Channel and have a max Mhz of 2666 Mhz. I have my RAM in the 2nd and 4th slots yet they are at 2133 Mhz. I didn’t see anywhere to really change it, and when I was looking in the BIOS the other day when I flashed the Mobo, I didn’t see a spot for it.

Thanks,

Luke

If you need more information on what options to change, I suggest doing some research and fiddling around. As this can vary game to game. A quick google search does show a lot of different people with similar builds getting more FPS.

All slots support single channel or dual channel on your motherboard depending on how much overclocking you are doing. 2400MHz - 2667 would support dual channel. according to the manual.

Looking at the motherboard manual, it looks like you can overclock your RAM via the OC Tweaker in the UEFI/BIOS or via the A-Tuning desktop app. If you do not know how, the best solution would be to do some research or to simply leave it alone.

[coolhandluke]

All slots support single channel or dual channel on your motherboard depending on how much overclocking you are doing. 2400MHz - 2667 would support dual channel. according to the manual.

I understood the chart as it saying the 2nd and 4th ram slot would run the ram at 2666 Mhz as a default if the ram can run that or higher. Is that not correct?

With that question, would if it is supposed to default it to the 2666 Mhz, would it still be overclocking it?

Sincerely,

Luke

[TwitchisMental]

I understood the chart as it saying the 2nd and 4th ram slot would run the ram at 2666 Mhz as a default if the ram can run that or higher. Is that not correct?

With that question, would if it is supposed to default it to the 2666 Mhz, would it still be overclocking it?

Sincerely,

Luke

Looks like I may have misspoke/ misread the chart. My apologies.

The chart is basically saying you would need dual ranked RAM sitting in slots A2 and B2 to allow them to run at the frequency of 2400-2667 mhz. In order to get the full 3200 that your RAM supports, you would need to do so via overclocking. The motherboard does not support 3200 by default, only through overclocking.

[coolhandluke]

Looks like I may have misspoke/ misread the chart. My apologies.

The chart is basically saying you would need dual ranked RAM sitting in slots A2 and B2 to allow them to run at the frequency of 2400-2667 mhz. In order to get the full 3200 that your RAM supports, you would need to do so via overclocking. The motherboard does not support 3200 by default, only through overclocking.

I understand all of that. My question is: would changing the RAM on my mobo (which is already currently in slots A2 and B2 (2nd and 4th)) to 2666 Mhz make my mobo think that I am overclocking the ram? or is there just a simple way to change it without essentially overclocking it (because the mobo can handle 2666 Mhz by default)?

Luke

[TwitchisMental]

I understand all of that. My question is: would changing the RAM on my mobo (which is already currently in slots A2 and B2 (2nd and 4th)) to 2666 Mhz make my mobo think that I am overclocking the ram? or is there just a simple way to change it without essentially overclocking it (because the mobo can handle 2666 Mhz by default)?

Luke

You will need to change it via the bios or the software provided by ASRock.

[coolhandluke]

You will need to change it via the bios or the software provided by ASRock.

when you say software provided by ASRock, do you mean a certain software that you know of? or there might be software that does this provided by them. I’ll try and change it in the BIOS and get back to you to see if anything changes in performance.

Luke

Thank you so much for your help, you have been awesome!

[TwitchisMental]

when you say software provided by ASRock, do you mean a certain software that you know of? or there might be software that does this provided by them. I’ll try and change it in the BIOS and get back to you to see if anything changes in performance.

Luke

Thank you so much for your help, you have been awesome!

The software would be the A-Tuning app provided by ASRock which I mentioned earlier.

[coolhandluke]

The software would be the A-Tuning app provided by ASRock which I mentioned earlier.

would I change Mem. clock in this for RAM “OC” to 2666Mhz?

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[TwitchisMental]

would I change Mem. clock in this for RAM “OC” to 2666Mhz?

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You would change that and may possibly need to mess with the voltage aswell.

At this point I would suggest doing some research on overclocking. It is different for every component and pc build.

[jmarket]

@coolhandluke do you still require assistance with this?

[coolhandluke]

@coolhandluke do you still require assistance with this?

Sorry about no response from me for the past couple of days. I think I am good to go ahead and close this thread. It didn’t fix the issue completely in my opinion, but it fixed it more that 80% of the way when viewing the better frames I get in game. Thank you so much for everyone that helped me in this, you guys rock! <3

Luke

[jmarket]

It appears that this issue is resolved, therefore I am closing the topic. If that is not the case and you need or wish to continue with this topic, please send me or any staff member a Personal Message (PM) that you would like this topic re-opened.