Published May 9, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Hamlin has been in the tech field for over seven years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf , OSXDaily, Beebom, MashTips, and more. He served as the Senior Editor for MUO for two years before joining XDA. He uses a Windows PC for desktop use and a MacBook for traveling, but dislikes some of the quirks of macOS. You're more likely to catch him at the gym or on a flight than anywhere else. Enabling XMP/EXPO is one of the first things I always do after building a PC, mostly because I know I'll be leaving performance on the table otherwise. But once I have my PC up and running, I don't even bother checking whether those settings stayed enabled after future BIOS updates or hardware changes. I used to assume everything would be configured the way I left it, but that changed when I swapped my Ryzen 9 5900X for a 5800X3D . It took me weeks to realize my RAM had been running at JEDEC speeds since the upgrade.…