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Aurora R13, no XMP!
XMP profiles are totally missing in the Aurora R13. Disabled in the BIOS and disabled in the AWCC.
XMP 3.0 is one of the major features of 12th gen Alder Lake. Why is Dell locking it? Yes people will say Intel spec say that RAM in dual channel mode will run at 4400, but the same goes for CPU overclocking and GPU overclocking they too have suggested specs, speeds, and voltages yet they are overclockable.
Even sillier let's say we're content with 4400, we can't even attempt to change the RAM timings by getting higher spec ram and underclocking it.
DDR5 comes with all that is needed for overclocking on the RAM itself. Enabling it in the BIOS should not be a daunting task for DELL and yet we're stuck like previous gen with very basic RAM speeds. Worse yet not even manual overclocking, which can seemingly be done on the Aurora R14 and to good success.
I hope more people contact support about this to make Dell know it's something the Aurora R13 community wants to future proof their machines. After all, they advertised the Aurora R13 as "We listened" and we made it "Upgradable" and yet still it's custom shaped MOBO and custom shaped PSU. At least let us do an upgrade via software where possible without crippling the machine!
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Posted January 14th, 2022 09:00
Only Dell would be able to provide an answer on this, but it is likely a design choice they made, similar to not providing gear mode 1/2 selection on the previous generation Intel systems was a design choice.
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Posted January 14th, 2022 19:00
Very interesting in light of R14 having this (Go to 8:46 mark):
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Posted January 14th, 2022 20:00
It's not locked, it's not missing. The ram modules are 4400mhz modules and have NO XMP profiles. They are bare bones. Buy XMP ram if you want XMP ram but don't claim like Dell is locking you out of XMP. Dual channel base is 4400mhz
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Posted January 15th, 2022 01:00
Not interesting, R14 is Ryzen with the same DDR4 modules they ship with the R10. Dells 4400mhz DDR5 are barebones and do not contain XMP profiles hence no XMP options
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Posted January 15th, 2022 13:00
4400mhz is NOT a DDR5 Standard, all DDR5 Module installed in R13 is 4800mhz module
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Posted January 15th, 2022 14:00
Yea, I really have to agree with you. You just can't predict how Dell will or HP will "short" the system.
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Posted January 15th, 2022 14:00
It is interesting to me because Dell by design has limited their systems again. In general DDR5 memory has XMP 3.0 profiles (up to 5 memory profiles). It's a curious thing because Dell isn't using them. And just like that a customer familiar with Dell's past systems discovers they've changed the rules again. Here's some info on DDR5 if you're interested.
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/intel-alder-lake-cpu-overclock-guide
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Posted January 15th, 2022 15:00
The Ram that come with the system are actually rated at 4800, i bought a ram Rated at 6000 at it defautled to 4400 ... not sure why the attitude!
Dell have hidden behind Intel guidelines with the gear 1 and gear 2 debacle with the r12 and i bet they would do it again with the r13 XMP ... even though intel advertised XMP 3.0 as being a major feature.
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Posted January 16th, 2022 11:00
If not for the shortage i wouldn't have gone alienware ... and if they dont patch these bios to allow for xmp which should be a basic feature by now ... my next system wont be an alienware for sure... they keep dropping the ball time after time
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Posted January 14th, 2022 09:00
R8, R19 and R12 had XMP enabled ... albait didn't support very high speeds ... it would be baffling if they design their mobo not to support XMP 3.0 when they say they designed in collab with intel who were advertising XMP 3 as a major feature