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If you are buying a 120$ CPU for a budget build (which realistically is what most people going for an i3 are building) then you don't need those feature. You ca
by belval 5y ago
If you are buying a 120$ CPU for a budget build (which realistically is what most people going for an i3 are building) then you don't need those feature. You can have a dirt cheap CPU with a dirt cheap mobo to splurge on the best GPU you can fit in your budget.
It would make no sense to buy an i3 and then pair it with expensive memory. 3200Mhz is plenty.
- InvaderFizz 5y ago> 3200Mhz is plenty. Yes, and the vast, vast majority of 3200MHz memory only has that available via XMP profiles. If XMP doesn't work, you have 2133MHz memory.
- leetcrew 5y agoalder lake officially supports 3200mhz, no xmp needed.
- InvaderFizz 5y agoI could be completely off base here. But from what I have read, H610 does not allow setting any memory timings or speed outside of the JEDEC profiles, XMP is not JEDEC so it doesn't count. On some 3200MHz GSkill RAM I have in a desktop in front of me, that means on this kit a H610 would only run 1067MHz @ 15-15-15-36-50. Instead of the XMP profile I run now which is 1600MHz @ 16-18-18-38-56.
- gambiting 5y agoYep, same with Corsair memory modules - the full speed is only available through an XMP profile. No XMP = massively reduced ram speed.
- belval 5y agoI doubted for a second but it seems that H610 does support XMP but only up to CPU max speed (3200Mhz for Alder Lake) which means that it should work as intended. https://linustechtips.com/topic/1411005-memory-speed-on-alder-lake-without-oc/ https://linustechtips.com/topic/1411005-memory-speed-on-alde... (Linus Tech Tips, but it was the first link that came out when googling).