I wanted to fill up the DIMM slots because I wanted to run it at the maximum potential and because the four dominator sticks look so freaking nice. My use case doesn't necessarily require the extra memory either, which is why I'm in this debate. If there is a simple solution i would be very interested to know how There are plenty of forums regarding this issue, wish i could help. My use case didnt require the extra memory so i choose the higher rated speeds. I was unable to run 4x DDR5 at their rated speeds leaving me with the same question. Lots of issues right now when running 4x sticks of DDR5. RAM: 4x32GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR CMT64GX5M2B5200C40WįANS: 10 ML120 Elite Fans, 3 of white are on the H150i Elite Capellix 360mm cooler I've researched this a bit and see that DDDR5 in the Z690 generation is really not able to handle all four slots with XMP turned on, which is very unfortunate.Ī) Keep the two extra sticks and run my PC at as it appears to be stableī) Keep the two extra sticks and run my PC at if it appears to be stableī) Keep the two extra sticks and run my PC at with XMP turned off so I know it is the most stableĬ) Return the two sticks and run my PC at which I know is stable. I am able to turn on XMP but set the frequency to 4800 (haven't tried 5000) and so far it seems stable.

Turning off XMP makes my computer stable, but it only runs at 4000MHz.

After installation, my PC was unstable at 5200MHz. I saw that the prices of memory went down so I just purchased an additional 2 sticks of ram. I originally built my PC with only 2x32GB Corsair Dominator at 5200MHz, and everything was running smoothly. I'm experiencing issues with running 128GB DDR5 with XMP at 5200MHz and need some advice.

Blue or white slot for ram first