Upgraded ram in Acer Predator Orion 3000 P03-630. Now it reads at 2666 instead of 3200

FearFadesIRemain

I bought TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 3200MHz (PC4-25600) CL16 Desktop Memory and when I installed it into my machine, everything says the RAM is at 2666, and the Ram it initially came with 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz, I dont understand why they arent reading at 3200 or where I can go to fix it. Thanks

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/672736/upgraded-ram-in-acer-predator-orion-3000-p03-630-now-it-reads-at-2666-instead-of-3200

That should not be happening if you installed the proper Acer suggested and compatible ram, as the "TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 3200MHz (PC4-25600) CL16" is not compatible, who told you that it is? As all the TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kits are CL16 type ram that are not compatible with your desktop.

Acer only fits DDR4-3200MHz CL22 into the PO3-630 or and if you do the Crucial System Scan (btw, Crucial suggests a max total of 128GB ram into the PO3-630s 4x DIMMs) they suggest their DDR4-3200 • CL=22 • NON-ECC • UDIMM • 288-pin • 1.2V • 2Rx8/1Rx8 • PC4-25600 ram kits, as your TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kit that you have, is either a CL16-18-18-38 or a CL16-20-20-40 which is not compatible to this desktop. That is where your problem is.

billsey

The memory you bought only can do 3200 with XMP overclocking enabled. Your Predator PO3-630 (BTW, PO as in Predator Orion, not P0 ans in Predator Zero :)) doesn't support XMP overclocking. Send those back and get the correct memory as suggested above. It's not a CL16 vs CL22 thing, it's XMP vs JEDEC.