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XPS 8700, EMP setting?
I own a Dell XPS 8700. Upgrading ram to 1600MHz. Does the XPS 8700 support EMP memory? If so, how do I enable it?
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I own a Dell XPS 8700. Upgrading ram to 1600MHz. Does the XPS 8700 support EMP memory? If so, how do I enable it?
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DELL-Chris M
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June 6th, 2016 08:00
The 2013 XPS 8700 does not support EMP (extreme memory profile) overclocked memory. There is not an option in the bios for EMP. This is what we supported =
Four slots Black 3, White 1, Black 4, White 2
DDR3L, unbuffered, Non-ECC, quad‑channel, 1.5v
32GB max
66GKY 8GB, 1600MHz, 512X64, 8, 240, 2RX8, PC3-12800U (Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NF-DI or Kingston K66GKY-HYA
VT8FP 4GB, 1600MHz, 256X64, 8, 240, 2RX8, PC3-12800U (Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI or Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0)
531R8 4GB, 1600MHz, 256X64, 8, 240, 1RX8, PC3-12800U (Micron MT8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 or Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB)
GDN7X 2GB, 1600MHz, 256X64, 8, 240, 1RX8, PC3-12800U (Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-DI or Samsung M378B5773CH0-CK0 or Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB)
Dan-H
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June 7th, 2016 01:00
the main issue with the 8700 is you cannot overvolt the memory.
You can overclock the latency timings using tools like intel XTU, but with limited results.
You may need to over-volt the on-cpu memory controller slightly adding about 100 millivolts to system agent offset but otherwise there are few options.
if any of this makes sense and you want more details let me know and I'll post a link to my tests, but the spoiler alert is it does not really improve most application workloads.
tonydt
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June 9th, 2016 10:00
THANKS TO ALL, INFO VERY USEFUL.