Do I Really Have 400 Mz RAM, or is CPU-Z lying to me

[Wreckingball]

I'm not sure if I just don't understand CPU-Z or if I somehow have 400 Mz RAM...

[007agentHP]

Ram is Double Data Rate Technology

Key word Double

you dont have 400 MHZ

you have 800 MHz

[SageOfSpice]

800mhz CAS 6. That's about right.

If it's supposed to run higher than that, it's probably because you haven't enabled XMP.

[Wreckingball]

4 minutes ago, SageOfSpice said:

800mhz CAS 6. That's about right.

If it's supposed to run higher than that, it's probably because you haven't enabled XMP.

My computer is so old I cant enable XMP and my RAM is supposed to be 1333 Mhz

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Rekedal said:

My computer is so old I cant enable XMP and my RAM is supposed to be 1333 Mhz

Then read the label on the side of the sticks, note down the CAS timings and frequency and manually overclock it. 

[Wreckingball]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Then read the label on the side of the sticks, note down the CAS timings and frequency and manually overclock it. 

I have a locked BIOS from 2008.... it wont even let me touch CPU voltage let alone memory overclocking unless you guys know a way to get around it?

[TheRandomness]

Just now, Rekedal said:

I have a locked BIOS from 2008.... it wont even let me touch CPU voltage let alone memory overclocking unless you guys know a way to get around it?

What're your specs? I assume X58 and an i7

[SageOfSpice]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

What're your specs? I assume X58 and an i7

No. 

Intel Pentium E5800.

 

It's FSB is only 800mhz.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, SageOfSpice said:

No. 

Intel Pentium E5800.

 

It's FSB is only 800mhz.

Oh. 

*might be time for an upgrade* (Although not necessary at all for an office build)

[Energycore]

You can upgrade CPU + mobo + RAM for $150

 

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Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.98 @ Newegg)
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Might become incompatible with IDE drives though.

[Wreckingball]

An upgrade is long overdue indeed, the only problem i have is I either can save a lot of money and buy a Core 2 Extreme a cheap SSD and rx 460/470 and have something decent enough to run 1080 p or wait longer and scrap everything for a build from sratch since nothing in my current PC would be useable in a better PC except the the HDD and RAM and even that is sketchy because of how old they are... (6 year old WD GREEN and 6 Gb of Samsung DDR3)

[TheRandomness]

12 minutes ago, Rekedal said:

An upgrade is long overdue indeed, the only problem i have is I either can save a lot of money and buy a Core 2 Extreme a cheap SSD and rx 460/470 and have something decent enough to run 1080 p or wait longer and scrap everything for a build from sratch since nothing in my current PC would be useable in a better PC except the the HDD and RAM and even that is sketchy because of how old they are... (6 year old WD GREEN and 6 Gb of Samsung DDR3)

What motherboard do you have? There's a chance you can mod it to fit a 771 Xeon and get Core 2 Extreme performance for much cheaper. 

[Hunter259]

14 minutes ago, Rekedal said:

An upgrade is long overdue indeed, the only problem i have is I either can save a lot of money and buy a Core 2 Extreme a cheap SSD and rx 460/470 and have something decent enough to run 1080 p or wait longer and scrap everything for a build from sratch since nothing in my current PC would be useable in a better PC except the the HDD and RAM and even that is sketchy because of how old they are... (6 year old WD GREEN and 6 Gb of Samsung DDR3)

Ehhh probably should start from scratch. Core 2 Quads are kinda eh.

[Wreckingball]

13 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

What motherboard do you have? There's a chance you can mod it to fit a 771 Xeon and get Core 2 Extreme performance for much cheaper. 

http://www.sears.com/gateway-sx2803-motherboard-mb-gbs01.001-mbgbs01001/p-SPM8436792031?sid=IDx20110310x00001i&gclid=Cj0KEQjw88q9BRDB5qLcwLXr7_sBEiQAZsGja7_v4jsQH9_Aqm8jbqHYXQUpQjDzBqWNPSL7ejDjtjEaAogH8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds#

 

it's an.... interesting motherboard

[TheRandomness]

9 minutes ago, Rekedal said:

http://www.sears.com/gateway-sx2803-motherboard-mb-gbs01.001-mbgbs01001/p-SPM8436792031?sid=IDx20110310x00001i&gclid=Cj0KEQjw88q9BRDB5qLcwLXr7_sBEiQAZsGja7_v4jsQH9_Aqm8jbqHYXQUpQjDzBqWNPSL7ejDjtjEaAogH8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds#

 

it's an.... interesting motherboard

That didn't come up anywhere in any of the 771 mod guides... I'm assuming this is a prebuilt? Also, a Q6600 and RX 460 would be nice, no need for a C2Extreme. 

[Wreckingball]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

That didn't come up anywhere in any of the 771 mod guides... I'm assuming this is a prebuilt? Also, a Q6600 and RX 460 would be nice, no need for a C2Extreme. 

yes it is, and i looked up and i have the compatible G43/45 chipset for the mod

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Rekedal said:

yes it is, and i looked up and i have the compatible G43/45 chipset for the mod

Well, find out what Xeons would be compatible (a quad core is ideal :D) and then it's simply performing the mod. WARNING: Quite dangerous as you have to cut plastic tabs off in the socket and you will have to modify the BIOS to allow it. 

[Wreckingball]

5 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Well, find out what Xeons would be compatible (a quad core is ideal :D) and then it's simply performing the mod. WARNING: Quite dangerous as you have to cut plastic tabs off in the socket and you will have to modify the BIOS to allow it. 

The BIOS is extremely restricted on this computer so I'm not sure if I would be able to do that.... but when I do upgrade it will be a worthwhile project to try! Also, if my mobo FSB is the same as what the CPU allows im restrained to 800Mhz which elimnates the Xeon mod unless 1333 is the FSB of them mobo jsut restricted by the CPU 

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Rekedal said:

The BIOS is extremely restricted on this computer so I'm not sure if I would be able to do that.... but when I do upgrade it will be a worthwhile project to try!

When I say mod the BIOS I mean flash a custom made one (it's not hard to make one, you just take the current BIOS and add more CPUs to the supported list, as shown on the delidded.com guide) that would support the CPU.