setting memory to xmp profile

[labrat]

so have my new build up and running and of course win 7 install didnt like the timing. my question is i see the differnt jedec spec and xmp profile in information. how or where do i set the memory to the intel xmp profile that the memory is rated at so the timings and such are all set up correctly and it should run stable.

[Anzial]

Which mobo? It should be described in the manual, on M5E IIRC it's the in the xtreme tweaking section

[labrat]

Which mobo? It should be described in the manual, on M5E IIRC it's the in the xtreme tweaking section

Maximus V formula

[Anzial]

AI Overclock Tuner in the Xtreme Tweaker section in the bios. Is your system unstable with default (non-XMP) values? I had the same issue, couldn't get the system stable until I've enabled XMP

[8 Pack]

Often XMP profile does not set DRAM voltages correctly so after enabling the profile make sure the voltages are correct for your RAM sticks.

[HiVizMan]

Select XMP profile in the appropriate option see image below.

xmp.jpg

[labrat]

system is rock solid. its currently running at 99924 1t at 1333 and the mem is xmp rated 1866 910927 2t. i realize it would be faster at the xmp set up but right now i am super happy that it is rock solid stable. I have all 4 dimms filled and wonder as i have in the past setups if boosting it in speed will make things unstable with all 4 dimms filled.

for the immediate future i am not overclocking as the system eats anything i through at it with ultra settings. so it comes down to bragging about overclock and seeing a modest increase in speed to an already fast set up or sticking with a rock solid stable system that is well under temp under several hours of gaming heavy load.

Thank you all for the information though, it has helped a lot and shown me a lot of where stuff is when i decide to boost the system down the road a bit to meet the new gaming requirements.

[HiVizMan]

It is all about what you want.

Rock solid vs speed My view is to run with rock solid, the gains you get with a few extra MHz of speed are so slight I honestly do not know why so many people bother.

[labrat]

It is all about what you want.

Rock solid vs speed My view is to run with rock solid, the gains you get with a few extra MHz of speed are so slight I honestly do not know why so many people bother.

You know what I can not agree more. for the long moment it will stay at stock jdec specs. not even gonna worry about overclocking the cpu even tho i know full well it can easily be done. stuff is so fast. i think the true bottle neck was the old HDD even in sata are no where close to the speed of an ssd.