2x8 g skill rgb ram 3000mhz only getting up to 2800mhz

myemailmj2512

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i have a z370 asrock taichi mb with a 8700k . Ive tried to set the voltage slightly higher and did get 2900mhz but it was unstable. Another rout i did was leaving the voltage "1.35" and higher the processor to 4.7 and was able to get it at 2900mhz again.I tried the xmb but it would just reset back to 2133mhz. Currently i have the processor at 4.6 ghz and the ram at 2800mhz. I cant seem to figure out how to get the rated 3000mhz? Help!! lol
 

Zerk2012

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Now that you overclocked the CPU manually set the timings and speed in BIOS and up the memory voltage to 1.38.
If that fails then you will need to loosen the timings some or be satisfied with a lower speed.
3k is a overclock setting and not guaranteed you can get that high.
I have built 2 PC's with the ASRock Z370 Extreme 4 and 3k was as simple as enableing XMP without overclocking the CPU.