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Setting RAM to 1600Mhz

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Hi,

So I recently realised that my memory has been running at 1333Mhz even though the memory sticks are capable of 1600Mhz.

After some searching online, it seems that you manually set it to 1600Mhz in BIOS but they mention other things about changing CAS latency etc. Don't really understand that part.

Anyways, I went into BIOS and changed it to 1600Mhz and system booted up, is that all I have to do or do I have to do more things?

 

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0

FX 8120

Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB(2x4gb) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 XMP (straight from amazon descriptions)

 

Thanks.

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k. Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Ranger GPU: MSI GTX 970 

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Me too had the problem. The frequency was on auto. I enabled the XMP along with manually setting 1600 mhz.

| CPU: Intel Core i5 8400 | Motherboard: MSI Z370 PC Pro | CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 PLUS | GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 AMP! Edition | RAM: G.Skill Aegis 16GB DDR4 2400 MHz | PSU: Corsair VS650 | SSD: SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Monitor: Dell S2240L | OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 |

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Mobo: Z97 MSI Gaming 7 / CPU: i5-4690k@4.5GHz 1.23v / GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 / RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz@CL9 1.5v / PSU: Corsair CX500M / Case: NZXT 410 / Monitor: 1080p IPS Acer R240HY bidx

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Go to the BIOS and set: Manual: 1600GHz .... thats it

I tried that but once I get in Windows, CPU-Z shows one stick as 667 and the other as 667 = 1333. 

 

 

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I don't have a profile like he does.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k. Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Ranger GPU: MSI GTX 970 

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Are you now running 1600MHz?

 

Yeah, I changed it to DOCP, and found a profile named Profile 0 which said 1600mhz 1.5V, I switched it to that and now it runs at 1600mhz. Thank you.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k. Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Ranger GPU: MSI GTX 970 

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