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I'm building a new PC and bought an Intel i7 14700k with an ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI motherboard. When buying the RAM, I didn't understand the details and bought a CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 6000MHz.
On the Intel website, it indicates that the processor is "up to 5600mhz". And I bought a 6000mhz.
Did I screw up or is there a solution?
I'm very sad guys
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No, you didn't screw up.
it's technically true that utilizing XMP profiles that take settings above the warranted maximums is considered a form of overclocking and could (a) shorten the lifetime of your processor and/or (b) void your warranty(s) in the event that this causes a processor or motherboard failure.
Suppose you do use an XMP profile. In practical terms, unless you go multiple bins above the maximum supported by Intel, this is not going to cause problems and should work ok. Now, that is. Later? That's another question...
The overarching issue is (electrical) noise. Most components produce noise. As components age, they produce more noise. Noise on the memory buses is a problem. While baseboard designs work to minimize this noise, there is only so much that they can do. The faster the buses are asked to run, the more susceptible to noise they become. Once noise levels reach the point where the memory controllers, both in the processor and in the DIMMs/SODIMMs themselves, cannot distinguish noise from actual data, they will hang. The watchdog timers will eventually reset the (now hung, data starved) system, but the damage is, as they say, done. Watchdog Timer resets caused by memory bus hangs is one of the most common cause of spontaneous system reset. Bottom line, the overclocked memory buses might work at these settings when the system is new, but could fail once the noise levels reach a critical point, somewhere down the road.
Hope this helps with your decision-making. Remember that you can disable the use of the XMP profiles that take the settings above 5600MHz.
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Is there a possibility of reducing the 6000mhz to 5600mhz? I don't want to overclock. I want to follow the standards that intel recommends.
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Yes. You should be able to select, within BIOS Setup, to NOT use XMP profiles.
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