Intel XMP vs AMD EXPO: What do they mean, how are they different and which is better?

Why does it matter what kind of DDR 5 RAM you’ll buy?

[Crossfire]

Kingston makes RAM kits with both XMP & EXPO profiles.
Here's an example:
Kingston Fury Beast KF556C36BBEK2-64.

[Abra_Ka_Dabra_]

I like the way you explain things and even go down to basic level. Subscribed! 👍

[Markzy_DM]

Both works anyway on AM5, every motherboards supports both standards.

[Bornfailure]

Absolutely brilliant video. So detailed and easy to understand. I did some Googling to understand the difference between the two and I didn't find anything overly useful. Then I watched this video and fully understood straight away. So thank you! :D

[PynApolJosh]

i mistakenly bought a 16x2 Trident Z5 neo DDR5 with expo, didnt know anything about that then. installed it on my motherboard. and seems to work just fine. was able to activate expo on my z790 intelbased system,

[igwhomps]

My biggest question is, I bought some Vengeance 6000MGz for my new Am5 build and I realized not to long ago it’s Intel xmp ready, would that be a issue with a Am5 build? Or should I be fine and I’ll just have to play with them alittle bit? I don’t wanna OC my Ram honestly so I’m not sure if that makes a difference

[Mnorbert]

Got Kingston Fury Renegade KF560C32RSAK2-32 only with XMP profile should I worry about ? No EXPO profile later I found out that has no EXPO runing on AMD 7950X !

[WhOCArEzNepTuNe]

Hello, can anyone answer me please

Is this ram compatible with my mobo and cpu?
G.Skill Flare X5 seried (amd expo)

My processor is intel i7 13700k and my mobo is gigabyte aorus elite ax

Please answer me 😔

[alcom]

I think I got an XMP ddr5 for my amd cpu, will this hurt my pc? I'm running it on 6000mhz.

[X-IA]

do u know a ddr5 module amd expo in white ??

[litlclutch]

Could there be issues with having memory that is 2sticks EXPO & 2 sticks XMP? Didn't notice at first when I got my new computer, AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D with 64GB of ram. 2 32GB Corsair Vengeance 6000MHz, so 4 sticks of memory, hadn't heard about ryzen 7000's not liking lots of sticks at the time, all on a MSI ProX670-P Wifi mobo. I've had some odd behaviour. Turns out 1 ram kit was XMP & the other EXPO. Its running a fresh Windows 11 install but not everything is running perfectly. Odd behaviour happens. Like I stream and my mic is thru the Focusrite 2i2 gen 3 and since moving to the new PC viewers have been saying the mic drops out at random times. Used it on my old system and it was flawless so not sure what might be causing issues. There are other quirks too, like if I install a game from steam or several non of the icons show up on the desktop until I manually tell it to refresh or I reboot the computer. Could this be ram funny business or is there other issues going on? I do day long gaming and it mostly seems fine otherwise.

[NostalgicMemries]

forgot to mention that amd expo has issues with their own amd ryzen cpus and mobos, many users get bsod when boosting ddr5 over 5200 mhz that is safe number claimed by amd, so if you buy ddr 5 6000 7000 8000 mhz speed ram you might have issues with voltage, crashes and stability if you enable expo. intle on other hand didnt had these issues, or at least not in that magnitude as amd has now. keep in mind this.

[dynamlllilte]

This video is a MASTERPIECE to anyone learning about RAM ❤❤❤❤

[mgjfile]

What I think? I think Jesus Christ, it gets worse and worse, I'm building my new desktop (the last one was in 2008) and realized that RAMs are marketed for one or another company, so here I'm to figure out why. 🤦
Thanks for the explanation.
tl;dr: if you don't want to freak out and buying parts by special deals and not choices, just buy RAM with EXPO with AMD CPU and XMP with Intel CPU, and deal with it.

[Can_You_Hear_Me]

tell me one things ▶ what is the fastest cl rating for DDR5 5200MHz 16GB ram kit ?

[jonbrown]

Great video. Lots of useful info here.

[abigaillilac]

I just upgraded to a 7800X3D last night and Expo makes it run HOT 🔥🥵

[AkashAcademy-]

Is G-Skill Ripjaws s5 ddr5 16gb compatible with ryzen 5 7600 processor? Is there any issue in ram oc?

Motherboard msi pro b650m-b

Ram : G-Skill Ripjaws S5 16GB DDR5 6000mhz Processor: ryzen 5 7600 Default bois time at 4800mhz: 10sec After xmp profile on the bois time : 34 sec. Is it normal or not? If not, how it can be fixed? Futher is this ram is compatible with cpu?

[quavx]

i have both options does it really matter what one i use because i have so far been having bsod issues with expo at 6000 mhz and trying xmp as i comment

[rong.]

So, I don’t plan on overclocking my RAM…does it really matter which format I use for my AM5 cpu?