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  • Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) + ASUS A78M-A mobo + AMD A8-6600K Richland CPU

    Hello,

    Here are newegg links to my hardware, in case anyone's curious:

    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series Memory (32 GB - optimized for 1600 mHZ)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-569-_-Product

    ASUS A78M-A FM2+ AMD motherboard:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813132080

    AMD A8-6600K Richland Quad-Core 3.9GHz CPU:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113333

    Anyway, I'd just like to doublecheck that I'm correctly setting up the RAM settings in my motherboard for this G Skill RAM to work at the optimized speed.

    Originally, in the EZ mode BIOS Setup in my motherboard, I had it set like this:



    I did verify in the "Advanced Mode" that I properly set the memory frequency to 1600:



    When I click the "DRAM Timing Control" button in the above screenshot, I see that pretty much everything is set to "Auto":



    However, when I boot up Windows, the CPU-Z program I installed says I have a RAS Precharge of "10", and I think it's supposed to be 9, according to my memory's specifications:



    I don't know if 10 or 9 is better, but since I don't see a "10" anywhere in my memory's specifications, I'm assuming "9" is the value I want.

    So, here's what I did to try and optimize my memory's performance:

    Back in the very first screenshot in this post, I clicked the DOCP dropdown menu, and there was an option called "Profile #1". I think this is some kind of specifications built into the memory and the mobo reads it somehow. I selected the Profile:



    In Advanced BIOS mode, we can see that this changed the PRE time to "9", instead of "10":



    I verify with CPU-Z the following readings now:



    So, is my BIOS now using the best settings for my memory? Should I continue using the "Profile #1" in the DOCP setting selection, or should I go back to disabling it and having everything set to "Auto"? To summarize the changes between using DOCP Profile #1 and not using DOCP, here's the changes summary:



    Which one would you use if you were me?

    Thank you for taking the time to read through my post, and I appreciate everyone's time spent with helping me!
    Last edited by ravl13; 01-23-2015, 12:41 PM.

  • #2
    The 9-9-9-24 settings that you manually input is better.

    From there you can do some overclocking to gain some extra performance. APUs benefit quite a bit from high speed RAM.

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    • #3
      Cool, thank you!

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