Cannot set ram speed to 3200MHZ

[TrinoVR]

Hello, I've recently bought new ram, everything works perfectly other than the speed. My last ram had the speed of 2666 MHZ and the new ram has the speed of 3200MHZ and I cannot make it run at 3200MHZ but it instead runs at the speed of the old one. I've tried everything I could think of, even updated my BIOS. It seems like HP is blocking me from changing the settings. Anybody knows how I could increase my ram speed?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

What model processor does your PC come with?

The memory can only run as fast as the processor's FSB will allow it to run at.

If HP installed a DDR4-2666 MHz memory chip in your PC, that normally means that is the fastest speed the memory can run at.

[TrinoVR]

Where do I see that? I have a Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz.
I've checked it on Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Below is the link to the Intel processor specs for your PC's processor.

Intel® Core™ i7-8700 Processor

As you can see the supported memory speed is DDR4-2666.

So, any memory you install that is faster than DDR4-2666 automatically bridges to 2666 MHz.

[TrinoVR]

Is there anyway I could make it go to 3200MHZ? 

[TrinoVR]

I want to enable the XMP profile, but there are no options in the BIOS to let me do so.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Unfortunately, that would not be possible.

Your PC's BIOS does not support overclocking the processor or memory.

Even the Intel 9th generation core processors only run the memory at a max speed of 2666 MHz.

Intel® Core™ i7-9700 Processor