Ram frequency is wrong

[lubblig]

Hi, I have an MSI Z77A-G43 motherboard and a Intel i5 3570k with Corsair dominator 1600MHz 2x8GB. My processor runs a stable overclock on 4.4Ghz but even though I've set, in the bios/uefi, the Ram frequency to 1600MHz, it runs at like 800MHz. The timings for the ram is set to link if that has anything to do with it? I'm not sure why it's doing this because in the bios it's correct and it says that it's at 1600MHz but within Windows 8, CPU-Z and other programs says that it is at about 800MHz. What could it be? Am I reading it wrong? Is there some setting I have to do in the bios to fix it?

 

Please tell me if there is anything else you need to know!

[Askew]

DDR = Double Data Rate.

 

800x2 = 1600

 

Your RAM is running at the correct speed, think of it as how a 2 stroke engine can produce double the amount of power as a 4 stroke engine of the same displacement because it fires twice as often.

[Antistatic12]

Its called DDR for a reason. Double Data Rate.

800+800=1600

Don't worry it's all fine.


@Ssoele been doing calculation all day. so used "*" instead of "+" but thanks for the fix.

[lubblig]

DDR + Double Data Rate.

 

Your RAM is running at the correct speed.

HAHA, ok. I feel like a total dumbass Thanks now I can feel relieved!

[Ssoele]

800+800=1600

 

Fixed that for you

[lubblig]

Its called DDR for a reason. Double Data Rate.

800*800=1600

Don't worry it's all fine.

As I said to Askew, I feel like a dumbass, but I didn't know that. Thanks for clearing it up! Finally relieved after hours of looking for the problem when there was none. Thanks!

[Cryptonite]

Its called DDR for a reason. Double Data Rate.

800*800=1600

Don't worry it's all fine.

800*800 =/= 1600 but I get what you meant

[Antistatic12]

in the future my ram will be 800*800= 640,00MHz. all the jigerhertz......
but until then 800+800=1600.

all fixed.

[Askew]

lol I link a wiki explaining why it is and write an analogy and you give best answer to the next post GG, if you're interested as to why it's double and other specs perhaps aren't then read the page I linked.

 

Cool if you don't care why but knowledge is always good, and if you've already wasted loads of time trying to figure it out might as well learn something eh.

[lubblig]

lol I link a wiki explaining why it is and write an analogy and you give best answer to the next post GG, if you're interested as to why it's double and other specs perhaps aren't then read the page I linked.

 

Cool if you don't care why but knowledge is always good, and if you've already wasted loads of time trying to figure it out might as well learn something eh.

Haha, sorry I just took the first one with the "correct" answer as I scrolled up again after replying to people... But yes both of you had the same info in your answers and you even had a wiki link to why it's like that. So again, sorry for that..

 

EDIT: Yours is marked as the Solved one now. Are we good? haha

[Askew]

Haha, sorry I just took the first one with the "correct" answer as I scrolled up again after replying to people... But yes both of you had the same info in your answers and you even had a wiki link to why it's like that. So again, sorry for that..

 

EDIT: Your's is marked as the Solved one now. Are we good? haha

 

We were cool before man I didn't care about that really I mainly just replied to point you to the wiki in case you wanted to know why it's double data rate and some other specs are not.

[lubblig]

We were cool before man I didn't care about that really I mainly just replied to point you to the wiki in case you wanted to know why it's double data rate and some other specs are not.

Haha, great!