I recently noticed that my DDR3 ram is only running at 666MHz when it supposedly supports 1600MHz. A quick google search of the issue revealed that to get the full speed of 1600MHz i must enable a feature in my BIOS called XMP. However I have a few questions about XMP that I could not find the answers to.
1)will enabling xmp change my cpu settings such as voltage, clock speed, turbo boost speed?
2)will enabling XMP disable any cpu features such as turbo boost or prevent future overclocking?
3)will enabling XMP change any BIOS settings other than those related to the ram?
4)will enabling XMP shorten the life of my ram or other hardware?
The pc specs you will probably need:
motherboard: msi z97-g55
cpu: intel i7-4770k (not overclocked as of yet)
ram: KHX16C9K2/16X (kingston, 2x8GB)
Thanks in advance!
1)will enabling xmp change my cpu settings such as voltage, clock speed, turbo boost speed?
2)will enabling XMP disable any cpu features such as turbo boost or prevent future overclocking?
3)will enabling XMP change any BIOS settings other than those related to the ram?
4)will enabling XMP shorten the life of my ram or other hardware?
The pc specs you will probably need:
motherboard: msi z97-g55
cpu: intel i7-4770k (not overclocked as of yet)
ram: KHX16C9K2/16X (kingston, 2x8GB)
Thanks in advance!