Is my memory running at the right speed?

[GrizzlyBear]

Just wanted to make sure since I'm not 100% certain. Bought 2x8GB of G.Skill Trident X 2400 MHz DDR3 ram and enabled the XMP profile #1 from bios and checked CPU-Z and it says this:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

[Loxa]

Just wanted to make sure since I'm not 100% certain. Bought 2x8GB of G.Skill Trident X 2400 MHz DDR3 ram and enabled the XMP profile #1 from bios and checked CPU-Z and it says this:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

It's fine. It ses 1199Mhz because it runs in dual channel.

[runit3]

Just wanted to make sure since I'm not 100% certain. Bought 2x8GB of G.Skill Trident X 2400 MHz DDR3 ram and enabled the XMP profile #1 from bios and checked CPU-Z and it says this:

 

Thanks in advance!

DDR = Double Data Rate. 1200MHz*2=2400MHz.

 

You're running at rated

[MageTank]

It's fine. It ses 1199Mhz because it runs in dual channel.

Not quite. Read @runit3's post. 

 

DDR = Double Data Rate. 1200MHz*2=2400MHz.

 

You're running at rated

[runit3]

Not quite. Read @runit3's post. 

It's amazing how many of these we get...should have a stickied PSA :lol:

[GrizzlyBear]

Alright. Good to know. Thanks for the replies!

[Loxa]

Not quite. Read @runit3's post. 

 

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[Sakkura]

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1200 MHz = 2400 MT/s because of the Double Data Rate, not because of Dual Channel.

[Loxa]

1200 MHz = 2400 MT/s because of the Double Data Rate, not because of Dual Channel.

 

If he was running tripple channel it would read 799Mhz, it ain't gonna change it to TDR..

[Sakkura]

If he was running tripple channel it would read 799Mhz, it ain't gonna change it to TDR..

 

No it wouldn't. The clocks and data rate are the same regardless of single/dual/triple/quad channel. It's what each module runs at.

[MageTank]

If he was running tripple channel it would read 799Mhz, it ain't gonna change it to TDR..

Channels have nothing to do with the clock themselves. I can run my 3200mhz DDR4 in single channel. If i put it in dual channel, the max theoretical bandwidth will double, but the clock speed stays the same. It is read as 1600, which after factoring in double data rate, becomes 3200mhz effective. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

I hate when DDR is sold as 2400 MHz, it's really 2400 MT/s (Mega Transfers per second).

 

Your clockrate should be 1200 MHz = 1200 Mega clock / second

 

Since DDR can do two transfers per clock cycle, one on the rising end of the clock and one on the falling end, the number of transfers per second is

 

(1200 Mega clock / second) * (2 Transfer / clock) = 2400 Mega Transfer / second = 2400 MT/s

 

Here's what a clock looks like to give you an idea what I mean by the rising and falling ends of the clock: