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mkessler9
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Ok. So I have 2400mhz g skill ram. My motherboard supports 2400mhz ram. But when I switch to the xmp profile it only runs a 1866mhz. When I go to the manual profile the highest clock is 1866mhz. So whats the issue? Motherboard supports ram but won't run the ram at its factory 2400 speed. Motherboard- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138372

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Gaming rig- Cpu- Amd 9590, 16gbs of G Skill Ram, Gpu- GTX 760 windforce 3 edition 2gb. A Thermaltake water 2.0 water cooler for my cpu. Keyboard- Thermaltake Posieden , Case- 750D, Mobo Asus 990fx R2.0. 24 inch Dell LED monitor

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Ok. So I have 2400mhz g skill ram. My motherboard supports 2400mhz ram. But when I switch to the xmp profile it only runs a 1866mhz. When I go to the manual profile the highest clock is 1866mhz. So whats the issue? Motherboard supports ram but won't run the ram at its factory 2400 speed.

It would help if you included your motherboard (brand/name) in your specs.

MOBO: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 | CPU: Intel i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz | GPU: 2x Gigabyte GeForce GTX770 2GB WF3 OC Edition | RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue DDR3-1600 XMP 16GB (4x4GB) | SSD: Intel 530 Series 180GB SATAIII | HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1.0TB SATA III & WD AV-GP 3.0TB SATA II | PSU: Corsair AX 760 | Case: Chieftec DX-02B | CPU cooler:  Corsair H100i with 4 Noctua NF-F12's in Push-Pull | Fans: 3x Noctua NF-S12A Front and Rear-intake, 1x Noctua NF-A14 Bottom-intake, 1x CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 Side Panel-intake, 1xNoctua NF-F12 Top-exhaust | OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Keyboard: Logitech G510 | Mouse: Gigabyte Aivia Krypton

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It would help if you included your motherboard (brand/name) in your specs.

motherboard- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138372

Gaming rig- Cpu- Amd 9590, 16gbs of G Skill Ram, Gpu- GTX 760 windforce 3 edition 2gb. A Thermaltake water 2.0 water cooler for my cpu. Keyboard- Thermaltake Posieden , Case- 750D, Mobo Asus 990fx R2.0. 24 inch Dell LED monitor

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Are you sure it supports DDR3-2400 because it doesn't say anywhere on these sites,

 

Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138372

Official mobo site: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=623#spec

and it doesn't say anything in the users manual of your motherboard.

 

It looks like your motherboard supports DDR3- 2000(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066 and not 2400.

 

Note: I don't know this for sure. I read about it on Tom's Hardware forum.

Why is your memory running at 1866? Because that is as high as your motherboard will go without overclocking. If you want to go for the highest DDR3-2000 you will have to set it manually in the BIOS (maybe change the timings, fsb and such), that's why it is called 2000(OC).

MOBO: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 | CPU: Intel i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz | GPU: 2x Gigabyte GeForce GTX770 2GB WF3 OC Edition | RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue DDR3-1600 XMP 16GB (4x4GB) | SSD: Intel 530 Series 180GB SATAIII | HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1.0TB SATA III & WD AV-GP 3.0TB SATA II | PSU: Corsair AX 760 | Case: Chieftec DX-02B | CPU cooler:  Corsair H100i with 4 Noctua NF-F12's in Push-Pull | Fans: 3x Noctua NF-S12A Front and Rear-intake, 1x Noctua NF-A14 Bottom-intake, 1x CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 Side Panel-intake, 1xNoctua NF-F12 Top-exhaust | OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Keyboard: Logitech G510 | Mouse: Gigabyte Aivia Krypton

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Are you sure it supports DDR3-2400 because it doesn't say anywhere on these sites,

 

Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138372

Official mobo site: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=623#spec

and it doesn't say anything in the users manual of your motherboard.

 

It looks like your motherboard supports DDR3- 2000(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066 and not 2400.

 

Note: I don't know this for sure. I read about it on Tom's Hardware forum.

Why is your memory running at 1866? Because that is as high as your motherboard will go without overclocking. If you want to go for the highest DDR3-2000 you will have to set it manually in the BIOS (maybe change the timings, fsb and such), that's why it is called 2000(OC).

Oh. Crap. But still its not running at 2000mhz 

Gaming rig- Cpu- Amd 9590, 16gbs of G Skill Ram, Gpu- GTX 760 windforce 3 edition 2gb. A Thermaltake water 2.0 water cooler for my cpu. Keyboard- Thermaltake Posieden , Case- 750D, Mobo Asus 990fx R2.0. 24 inch Dell LED monitor

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