Asus Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi (Thunderbolt 4) + i7-12700K + AMD RX 6800 XT

[garyoconnorDJ]

I've bought 64GB of Corsair Dominator, how come its only limited to 2 sticks, should I send 2 of them back? In iStatistica I am showing as 64GB, is it only actually utilising 32GB?

Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz C36 Intel Optimised Desktop Memory (Onboard Voltage Regulation, Patented CORSAIR DHX Cooling, 12 Ultra-Bright CAPELLIX RGB LEDs) Black​

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NCP8PS7/?tag=tonymacx86-21

^^^ This one isn't even showing on the compatible list? ^^^

Everything seems to be working ok here, I've got wifi, bluetooth, thunderbolt all running sweet as for the minute, I can't thank people in this thread enough, honestly I couldn't have done it without you all, good stuff, is there any way to donate to you @CaseySJ?

 

[CaseySJ]

According to the Asus website, the highest supported DDR5 speed is 6000 MT/s (mega transfers per second). You can still try the 6400 MT/s memory, but I would install maximum of 2 DIMMs first.

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[CaseySJ]

I've bought 64GB of Corsair Dominator, how come its only limited to 2 sticks, should I send 2 of them back? In iStatistica I am showing as 64GB, is it only actually utilising 32GB?

Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz C36 Intel Optimised Desktop Memory (Onboard Voltage Regulation, Patented CORSAIR DHX Cooling, 12 Ultra-Bright CAPELLIX RGB LEDs) Black​

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NCP8PS7/?tag=tonymacx86-21

^^^ This one isn't even showing on the compatible list? ^^^

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Do you have four of these 5600 MT/s modules installed? If so, this could be very helpful to others. By the way, the only QVL-approved 4-DIMM memory on the Asus website is also Corsair, but the Vengeance series (CMK64GX5M4A4400C36).

 

[garyoconnorDJ]

Do you have four of these 5600 MT/s modules installed? If so, this could be very helpful to others. By the way, the only QVL-approved 4-DIMM memory on the Asus website is also Corsair, but the Vengeance series (CMK64GX5M4A4400C36).

yep 4 of those in the link above ^

It is only showing as running at 4000Mhz though rather than 5600?

 

[CaseySJ]

yep 4 of those in the link above ^

It is only showing as running at 4000Mhz though rather than 5600?

Interesting. Is XMP Memory Profile enabled in BIOS?

 

[garyoconnorDJ]

Interesting. Is XMP Memory Profile enabled in BIOS?

Nope, I had to disable it to allow it to boot, it wouldn't POST with it enabled.

Just looked in the BIOS and my RAM speed is set to auto - 4000Mhz, I upped it to 5600Mhz and now failing to boot :/

 

[starghost1100]

well, here are screenshots from the system parameters window and where my questions started from - the network settings window. I saw a thunderbolt bridge instead of a local network there and thought "what are you doing here without any table initializing the thunderbolt ??" then I opened the system information and saw the bus.
p.s. wifi still not working after turning off the three kexts mentioned earlier.

 

[Krimson]

@CaseySJ

Thanks for this great guide.

I am building a PC with almost the same spec and parts as the one listed in the guide
Exceptions: i9 12900K, Sapphire RX 590, Fenvi FV-T919

Should I update to the latest bios ver 1003 (2022/01/27) or should I stick to the "Version 0811" specified in the guide?

Thanks again,
djk

 

[noob888]

Nope, I had to disable it to allow it to boot, it wouldn't POST with it enabled.

Just looked in the BIOS and my RAM speed is set to auto - 4000Mhz, I upped it to 5600Mhz and now failing to boot :/

Same here, 4x 16GB sticks GSkill Trident Z5 DDR5 (F5-6000U3636E16GX2-TZ5S) won't boot with XMP enabled. After a lot of memtest86 and Prime95 testing I've settled on 5200MHz with 36-36-36-76 timing @1.30v - XMP disabled. Bios memory settings on manual but all set to auto except for selecting 5200MHz and 1.30v for RAM voltage.

I see zero performance difference in Davinci Resolve with these settings over running 2 sticks with XMP enabled. CPU benchmarks take a slight hit with 64GB installed but not enough to make me go back to 32GB.

Happy to have this great machine thanks to CaseySJ, tonymacx86, and all of your contributions. Thank you!

 

[etorix]

Just looked in the BIOS and my RAM speed is set to auto - 4000Mhz, I upped it to 5600Mhz and now failing to boot :/

That's normal and in accordance with DDR5 specifications for Alder Lake: At 2 DIMMs per channel, speed drops to 4000 or 3600 MHz, depending on the number of ranks.

Intel 12th Gen Core Alder Lake for Desktops: Top SKUs Only, Coming November 4th

www.anandtech.com

In the server/workstation world, such memory complications come in droves: Skylake Xeon W-2100 cannot use DIMMs with 32 GB per rank (32 GB in several ranks is fine); Cascade Lake Xeon W-2200 drop from 2933 MHz to 2666 MHz at 2 DPC; Cascade Lake Xeon Scalable also drops from 2933 to 2666 when using Optane DCPMM, and cannot use 1Rx8 DIMMs in this mode (1Rx4, 2Rx4 and 2Rx8 are still fine).
It's good to see that the consumer world is catching up. Why make it simple when one can make it complicated?