What is the best RAM Settings on ASUS Sabertooth x79 Motherboard

[turboextreme]

Hi I am very new to building computers and have completed my current build over the last 12 months.

I need to know how best to utilise my hugely expensive G Skill Ripjaws memory. My motherboard has XMP but when I enable it I get the infamous blue screen.

G Skill please help set up my memory to perform at its best

My setup is as follows:

Operating System: Windows 8 build 9200 (64-bit)
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Motherboard Model: SABERTOOTH X79
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: ALASKA - 1072009
BIOS Release Date: 2013/08/29

CPU Information:
Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
Type: Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz
Codename: Sandy Bridge-E
CPUID: Family 6, Model 2D, Stepping 7
Socket: LGA 2011
Lithography: 32nm
Number of CPU's: 1
Cores per CPU: 6
Logicals per Core: 2
Clock Frequencies:
Measured Speed: 3202.0 MHz [Turbo: 3702.4 MHz]
Multiplier: 32.0X
Bus Speed: 100.1 MHz
Front Side Bus Speed: (N/A)
Timing Error Ratio: 1.000
Cache per CPU package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache Size: 8 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Memory Information:
Total Physical Memory: 65477MB
Available Physical Memory: 61142MB
Memory Devices:

Slot 1: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 2: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 3: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 4: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 5: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 6: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 7: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

Slot 8: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-18285
G Skill Intl F3-19200C10-8GBZHD
XMP: 1.65V, Clk: 1142.9MHz, Timings 9-11-11-29

[turboextreme]

I have checked my BIOS and XMP is disabled and memory frequency is set to auto at the moment and its target speed is 1333 mhz

[turboextreme]

Apologies just found this thread:

http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=12431

Could give this a try.

[turboextreme]

Well did what the guy in the post did and it did not work.

Can anyone help?

[Britton30]

You may try to test the RAM with memtest86+, here's a nice tutorial. It is a long process with 64GB. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...tml#post910560

[turboextreme]

Thanks Britton30 all tested and no issues, perhaps I am just a computer mong. I was going to take it to a computer shop to see if they could set it up for me but I would rather do it myself.

Yes it did take ages to test the memory, over 4 hours.

[supahos]

Try just using two sticks (in same colored slots) and enableing xmp just to see if it wants to run at the rated speed at all, or if its the size of the memory giving you issues. As they said that is a massive ammount of memory to run at that speed. Have you tried manually setting up any frequencies below rated spec to see what it is capable of? Would give us some idea of where to go. Just pick say 2100 mhz and leave some loose timings and see what happens?


On a side note holy hell at your first cpu build, that is massive.

[GSKILL TECH]

Make sure VCCSA Voltage is set in BIOS/EFI.

Hard reset BIOS/EFI, have two or four modules installed, double check all XMP settings are input where they are located, then see how that works. They should all work just fine with XMP Profile enabled.

Keep us posted on the result.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[turboextreme]

Apologies been away for a while and not got round to carrying out the above, will do this to see if it works. Many thanks.

Also think I have posted in another thread not realising I created this one several months ago.

[GSKILL TECH]

Also, set DRAM Frequency to DDR3-2133, that motherboard is not capable of DDR3-2400 full slots.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[turboextreme]

Well did as you said, enabled XMP Profile 1, changed the memory to 2133 MHz , didn't need to change any other settings as they changed on there own. Memory to 1.65v, VCCSA 1.25 & VTT 1.2.

All is working fine at present and CPU is running at its normal clock settings. Thanks for the guidance.