Well what we’re talking about here is just memory speeds, not core overclocking. If you’re building a computer and you’re paying for RAM that is rated at a certain speed, you need to enable XMP to have it run at that speed. Since the memory controller is now integrated into CPUs, intel considers that overclocking so it voids your warranty. I think most people who are buying CPUs to build their own PCs know this and will not run at base JEDEC speeds.
Any good reviewer should already be doing a typical non-OC’d benchmark and an OC’d benchmark anyway.
The majority of people don’t overclock so would only care about the stock performance anyway. And overclockers should recognize that if you damage the chip by pushing it too far, it shouldn’t be covered.
Betch@lemmy.world 9 months ago
EatYouWell@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s definitely not common knowledge for people who build their own PC.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It definitely is.
Every single review and YouTube video, even from channels with broad appeal like LTT and the like always talk about the need to enable XMP and talk about it having to be enabled to get the advertised performance.
It gets advertised on memory kits and motherboards and they provide easy instructions on how to do it.
It’s common knowledge to enable it.
Betch@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Eh, yeah maybe you’re right but it’s such a tremendous amount of performance to lose out on for a couple keystrokes. Any halfway decent guide for beginners should be mentioning it but I don’t know how people outside my circles build computers. Do they read/watch guides? Do they just plug shit together and pray that it works? 🤷♀️
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s very prominent in any build guide, on even casual PC youtuber videos, in motherboard manuals, on ram kits.
It’s absolutely common knowledge to enable XMP, I dunno what that guy is smoking.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There is literally nothing in the article about memory speeds
It’s entirely about overlocking the CPU .
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Most people don’t consider enabling the advertised memory clock speeds as an overclock.
We aren’t talking about taking your CPU and overclocking it. We’re talking about a simple UEFI checkbox that everyone is told to do.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Who the fuck is “we” here? Because the article is about CPU overlocking. I don’t give a fuck about the parent comments offhand comment about Intel. Intel is irrelevant here.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Who the fuck is we is literally the entire industry. Intel, AMD, every reviewer I have ever seen. Everyone.
Seriously, look at ANY review. They’re all done with XMP or DOCP profiles set, just as the CPU manufacturer, motherboard manufacturer, and memory manufacturer recommends.
I don’t give a fuck about what your offhand opinions are, I’m taking a out the reality. And the reality is that
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You know memory speed impacts CPU performance right?
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Enabling XMP isn’t overclocking the CPU. It wouldn’t blow this fuse.