RAM troubles?

[Player1337]

I have 2400MHz memory but my Aida 64 extreme program only tells me that i have 1600MHz ? do i still have 2400MHz peformance?

[PixelPips]

Are there two sticks? if so, each stick would be running at 1600mhz each, so 2x 1600mhz = 2400mhz.

 

Example: I have 1600MHz ram 2x8GB, each stick is running at 800MHz.

 

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Edit: TL;DR, everything is fine, go about your business as usual.

[Player1337]

oh, if thats how it works  thx alot  :lol:

[DirkW]

Are there two sticks? if so, each stick would be running at 1600mhz each, so 2x 1600mhz = 2400mhz.

 

Example: I have 1600MHz ram 2x8GB, each stick is running at 800MHz.

 

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Edit: TL;DR, everything is fine, go about your business as usual.

 

Errr no. Please check your math... 2x800 is actually =1600 while 2x1600 would be =3200 not =2400. (and all this is just the difference between the real frequency and the double data rate part of DDR-RAM)

 

oh, if thats how it works  thx alot  :lol:

 

No, it does not work that way. You need to enable XMP-Profile in the BIOS to get 2400MHz from your memory, otherwise it will only run at 1600MHz. If a tool like CPU-Z then reports 1200 MHz you'd be ok (since that is without the double data rate mentioned above)

[Leonard]

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No, it does not work that way. You need to enable XMP-Profile in the BIOS to get 2400MHz from your memory, otherwise it will only run at 1600MHz. If a tool like CPU-Z then reports 1200 MHz you'd be ok (since that is without the double data rate mentioned above)

^^and this is only if you are not manually OC your RAM past the XMP profile/s and if you are you will either need to run the AIDA64 Cache and Memory Benchmark via Tools or in AIDA64, navigate to Computer and expand it > Overclock via the left window and there you will see what ever is your current OC/non-OC settings of your system. If you look at your memory bus under CPU Speed you should see 2400mhz if you have 1 stick of RAM, 1200mhz if you have 2 sticks of RAM or 600mhz if you have 4 RAM sticks.