I'm building my first PC and have chosen a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU and a MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI motherboard, planning to use a DDR5 32GB 6000Mhz CL30 memory kit. After checking the motherboard's support page, I found some red error warnings that confused me. They mentioned potential issues with the CPU memory controller affecting the RAM's operating frequency and that DDR5 modules could be impacted by temperature, which has me worried. I generally don't overclock and keep my gaming pretty casual. Should I be concerned about these warnings, or is this a normal thing?
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It sounds like what you’re seeing are just standard warnings about the potential for performance issues. Your Ryzen 5 7600X actually supports 5200 MT/s without any overclocking, but you should still be able to run your DDR5 at 6000 MT/s with EXPO enabled. The motherboard should support this configuration just fine, so you likely have nothing to worry about!
Thanks for the reassurance! Just to clarify, once I activate EXPO, is it okay to leave it on always, or should I only use it temporarily?