AMD Extended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO) and Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) are two technologies that allow memory modules to be automatically overclocked by the manufacturer. When purchasing ...

Overclocking RAM can significantly boost your system's performance by increasing the data transfer rate between the RAM and CPU. This enhancement is especially useful in high-performance setups.

When it comes to RAM, most PC enthusiasts will just set an XMP or EXPO profile and forget about it. Manual memory tuning, much like what is possible on the CPU and GPU, is quite finicky and can be ...

Why it matters: Opportunities to increase RAM performance typically come from the extreme memory profile (XMP) set by the manufacturer or enthusiasts with enough understanding to manually tune ...