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Overclocking computer components

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has gone from exclusively the domain of enthusiasts

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to something anyone can do with a couple of mouse clicks.

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And this has been especially true for RAM,

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thanks to Intel's Extreme Memory Profiles,

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better known as XMP.

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But XMP hasn't seen a significant update since 2007.

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So the powers that be decided it was time

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to finally give us one with the new XMP 3.0

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due out with the release of DDR5 memory.

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To understand why XMP 3.0 is a big deal,

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it'll help to give you a quick primer

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on what XMP is to begin with.

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So you know how when you buy RAM,

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it has a speed and a set of timings listed on it?

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Well, if you've ever plugged a new stick of memory

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into your motherboard,

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you might've seen that it defaults to a much lower speed.

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This is because each generation of DDR RAM

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has a default speed that's set by an industry body

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called JEDEC, or JEDEC, or JEDEC, JEDEC.

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I'm on three hours of sleep, Andy.

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To ensure stability and compatibility.

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This is the speed your RAM will run at

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unless you change your settings.

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XMP was devised partially as a way to allow users

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to quickly set their RAM to the advertised speed instead.

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RAM that supports XMP has a very small amount

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of internal storage that contains XMP profiles

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from the factory with one of them

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matching the advertised speeds and timings.

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To set it, you simply need to find the XMP setting

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in your BIOS, often on the front page,

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and the system will automatically apply

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those settings for you.

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Although it's overclocking in the sense that XMP

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makes the RAM run faster than the base JEDEC specification,

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you shouldn't have stability issues

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since the modules themselves are designed

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to run at the speed printed on the label.

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Although XMP is an Intel technology,

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it's also been implemented on AMD motherboards

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as AMP, DOCP, or EOCP.

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So if you have a CPU from Team Red,

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look for one of these settings in your BIOS instead,

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and you should see an option to enable the correct speeds.

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So XMP 3.0,

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is supported by Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs,

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which also support the aforementioned DDR5.

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XMP 3.0 will improve on the existing XMP scheme

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in a few ways.

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First, it'll raise the number of profiles

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you'll get from the factory from two to three,

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so it'll be easier to tweak your modules

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to determine which profile gives you the best blend

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of stability and performance for any given application.

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Mm, blend it up.

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Give me some froth.

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Not only that,

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but the additional onboard storage dedicated to XMP

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will allow for two more XMP profiles

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that you can customize.

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So if you're more of an enthusiast overclocker

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who wants to do additional tweaking

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to get the most performance possible out of your RAM kit,

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XMP 3.0 will make it easier to save profiles

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you've tested on your own,

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and you'll even be able to rename them to avoid confusion.

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Wow, technology.

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But aside from making the overclocking experience

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more convenient,

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XMP 3.0's new features could also result

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in real performance benefits.

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Alder Lake CPUs have something called Dynamic Memory, which,

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as you can see here, is the best way to get the most performance

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out of your RAM kit.

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Where the system can detect

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if the application you're currently using

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could benefit from boosted RAM speeds

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and adjust them accordingly.

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And if you're running an AMD CPU,

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vendors could offer XMP profiles

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tuned more specifically for Ryzen,

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as these CPUs are notorious

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for being more sensitive to RAM speeds

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than their counterparts from Intel.

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Of course, XMP 3.0 is only going to be available

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for Intel platforms to start,

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but we'd expect it to appear on AMD platforms

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once Zen 4 is released sometime in 2022.

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Don't go too crazy tweaking your overclock,

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as there's nothing extreme about frying your motherboard.

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Guys, thanks for watching this video.

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I'm going to shred some gnar, yeah.

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Hit the lip.