1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:06,799 This is going to be a quick guide on how to install memory. I realize I might 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:10,080 have sort of uh poked fun at anyone who doesn't know how to install memory in 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:14,480 one of my recent videos. And for that, I feel terribly bad. But uh yeah, this is 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,320 going to just be a basic guide. So, step one is going to be ground yourself out 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:22,240 touching a pluggedin power supply. Just like that. Step two, you can see I've 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,439 already installed two of this triple channel kit. So, two of the modules, but 7 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:29,679 I'm going to go ahead and install the third module. Now this ASUS board, this 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:34,239 is the Rampage 3 Extreme is a little bit different from most motherboards because 9 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:37,840 on the one side these are not proper clips and on the other side they are 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:42,520 proper clips. So what you do is you just push this side in. Okay? You make sure 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:46,960 it's in the right spot. Push this side in. Okay? And then you push down the 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,480 other side of the module until the clip goes in. Now if you had clips on both 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:55,840 sides, then you'd actually push it in evenly and then the clips would go on both sides. It's fairly straightforward. 14 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:59,199 Now, that was it for the physical installation, but this is the part that 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:04,080 some people actually don't know about. If you install new memory in your system 16 00:01:00,879 --> 00:01:06,560 and boot it up, most motherboards are 17 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:11,119 going to default to a safe setting rather than the actual capabilities of 18 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:17,400 the RAM modules you installed. So, this motherboard is um I just put in two 19 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:21,840 rather two 6 gigs of 20 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:24,000 DDR3600 MHz. Okay. And so 1600 MHz is 21 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:28,159 the speed and it also runs at C9 timings. Okay, overclocking failed. 22 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,439 Please enter setup. Blah blah blah. Uh, press F1 to run setup. That's what I 23 00:01:29,759 --> 00:01:37,119 want to do. So you can see right here, it is not running at 1600 MHz. Right off 24 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:41,680 the bat, we see that. So the first thing we're going to change is the DRM 25 00:01:39,079 --> 00:01:47,200 frequency. And yeah, I pressed the right button. So we're going to set that to 26 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:50,240 1600 MHz. Select okay to use the current 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:52,320 DRM voltage. uh something automatically. 28 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:55,840 Oh, okay. Select cancel to increase the DRM voltage automatically if your dims 29 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,719 require higher voltage. Well, we're going to do it uh we're not going to do 30 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,399 it automatically. We're going to do it manually. And this is something that you 31 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:07,200 may not be able to tell by looking at the modules or even by looking at the 32 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:10,879 packaging. See, on these, all we can see here is a part number. So, with that, 33 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:14,879 you can uh throw the part number on the Kingston website and then find out 34 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:20,879 exactly what all the settings are you need for your RAM. So, there's the frequency, which is 1,600. We've already 35 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:25,680 set that. Then there's the latencies. And usually for even for an intermediate 36 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:30,239 to advanced user, you're only going to set four latencies. Um, and the most 37 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:35,280 important one for performance is the CL or cast latency. So here we've got that 38 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,280 set. And then the last one is the voltage. We're going to do the voltage 39 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:45,120 next here. So this RAM is rated at 1.65 65 volts just like most DDR3 kits for 40 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:49,040 Core i5 and Core i7 because it's not recommended to use a higher voltage than 41 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:52,400 that for these chips uh due to the integrated memory controller. So, I'm 42 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:56,160 actually going to go a touch lower. Most quality RAM is going to run at its rated 43 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,160 speed even with a little bit less voltage anyway. But that's one of the 44 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:03,440 ways to be able to Okay, here these are all the different ways to be able to 45 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:08,000 tell a quality kit from a lower quality kit. Frequency, higher frequency is 46 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:12,560 good. Latency, lower latency is good. and voltage. Lower voltage is good. So, 47 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:16,480 the ideal memory kit would run at the fastest frequency with the lowest 48 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:20,400 latency and the lowest voltage. Obviously, like anything in computers, 49 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:25,760 it's always a bit of a trade-off, but this is a fairly mainstream kit. And uh 50 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:30,000 let me just see if there's anything that we can do to get a little bit further 51 00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:33,720 into this RAM configuration. This is a very very performanceoriented board, so 52 00:03:32,239 --> 00:03:40,640 I'm sure I'm going to find something here. Uh might be under advanced CPU 53 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:42,959 config. No, no. Sometimes you find the 54 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:48,799 uh RAM settings under CPU these days because it is running off the integrated 55 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:53,360 controller on the CPU. Uh it might just be a matter of setting Oh, cool. XMPP 56 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:58,159 modules. Yeah. Or XMPP profiles. This is another thing I wanted to talk about. Uh 57 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,360 this is a way for your RAM to have a little setting on it that tells your 58 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:07,439 motherboard what all of its default settings are. So here you see 1600 MHz 59 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,680 99927. That's the latency. uh 1 N. So 60 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:14,560 that's like kind of like the old onet 2T timing. Uh one is better. And then 61 00:04:12,159 --> 00:04:19,040 you've got 1.65 volts to 1.4 volts. There you go. Look at that. So XMPP is a 62 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:24,960 pretty cool thing. EP is the NVIDIA equivalent. And then the other one is 63 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:27,360 CPU ROG and then manual. So if we go to 64 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:31,600 manual, then I'm guessing it will actually let me set something other than 65 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:35,919 the DRAM frequency. Here it's going to give me that warning again. Memory 66 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:39,840 configuration. Ah, timing control. Here we go. So, here you can see it's already 67 00:04:37,919 --> 00:04:44,080 set to almost the right things, but I can actually set the latencies myself. 68 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:49,240 So, you can either go in and set the all the uh frequency, latency, and voltage 69 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:54,320 yourself, or you can 27 was actually what it was rated 70 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:59,600 for. And then, let me just see if I can find the Ah, yes, one end. Here we go. 71 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:03,919 So, now it is set manually to what it's supposed to be. Or if you want to make 72 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:09,039 life easy for yourself, you can just go in 73 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:12,479 and 65. Oops. Oh, I just almost set my 74 00:05:09,039 --> 00:05:13,479 CPU voltage to 1.65. Bad. Bad. Very bad. 75 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:18,400 Uh 1.65. There we go. Or you can just use 76 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:23,440 an XMP profile to do it for you. So, I'm just going to reboot and show you that 77 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:28,639 now we have not only installed our RAM, but we have also configured it to work 78 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:32,400 properly. My next guide will probably be more like 79 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:36,240 RAM overclocking and how to do that because it's it's actually quite simple. 80 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:40,160 You just turn the frequency up, turn the timings down, and turn the voltage up. 81 00:05:37,759 --> 00:05:45,080 It's basically like CPU overclocking. More frequency, more 82 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:49,039 volts, and then profit. So, here you go. Everything's 83 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:54,720 going to be set the way it's supposed to be. And wasn't that fun? Thanks for 84 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:58,720 checking out my video blog and my guide on installing and configuring your new 85 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:02,560 memory modules. And a big thanks to Kingston for providing this RAM. Don't 86 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:07,520 forget that if you are subscribed and you leave a comment under my unboxing of 87 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:11,360 this Kingston 6 gig kit, then you can be qualified to win it.