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On another post I saw someone mention Speccy, I downloaded it and I saw my RAM is only running at 800Mhz. I set it to 1600Mhz in the bios.

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On another post I saw someone mention Speccy, I downloaded it and I saw my RAM is only running at 800Mhz. I set it to 1600Mhz in the bios.

RAM works in pairs, so 800MHz per RAM stick times 2 = 1600MHz.

It's correct.

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RAM works in pairs, so 800MHz per RAM stick times 2 = 1600MHz.

It's correct.

I already though it would be something like that, but I wanted to be sure. Thank you!

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RAM works in pairs, so 800MHz per RAM stick times 2 = 1600MHz.

It's correct.

 

This guy is mostly right, it's working as intended.

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The reading is correct. The RAM technology you're using is called DDR which stands for Double Data Rate. What this means is that for every physical cycle, the DIMM completes two data transfers. This effectively results in the clock speed doubling - what you saw in the BIOS is the effective frequency and what Speccy is showing you is the actual frequency. Both are correct and you get the same effect running single channel, dual channel, triple channel, quad channel, etc.

 

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On another post I saw someone mention Speccy, I downloaded it and I saw my RAM is only running at 800Mhz. I set it to 1600Mhz in the bios.

 

DDR = Double Data Rate.

800 * 2 = 1600Mhz

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RAM works in pairs, so 800MHz per RAM stick times 2 = 1600MHz.

It's correct.

Each stick is 1600mhz

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Each stick is 1600mhz

Effectively.

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