Memory not at correct frequency

[DavidGuba]

So I have two issues. I’ve been setting up computers at my work and am getting issues with two of them. 

 

First one has a i7 7700k, Vengeance lpx 2400 2x8GB, 1050TI, and Maximus VIII Hero mobo. I had to update bios in order for the cpu to be compatible. I went into bios and turned off turbo mode for cpu, turned on xmp profile and extreme tweaker and made sure the timings were set properly and the frequency was set to 2400mhz.

 

Once I boot up and open cpu-z, it is still showing it as 1200mhz. Whats going on exactly? What can I do to fix it?

 

Second computer has a similiar issue, but the bios is much more basic. It has an intel motherboard so not much tweaking you can do, it is not possible for me to manually adjust the frequency/timings for the ram which is also showing as 1200mhz in cpu-z. This is bottleneckkng the cpu in certain programs and causing things to load very slowly/laggy. This pc wasn’t built by us, but instead by dell. Not much info on the components other than the cpu being an i7 7700. Service tag is 2LVKHH2 which can be looked up on intel’s site for components and more info. How can I configure the memory on this system?

 

Thanks for the help!

[seon123]

1200*2=2400. That's just how it shows in some programs. 

[NelizMastr]

1200 is correct. Remember this is DDR memory. Double Data Rate. That means the bus speed of the memory needs to be doubled in order to get the actual effective speed.

 

Why did you disable Turbo, though? It's free performance and memory speed isn't affected by it.

[DavidGuba]

5 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

1200 is correct. Remember this is DDR memory. Double Data Rate. That means the bus speed of the memory needs to be doubled in order to get the actual effective speed.

 

Why did you disable Turbo, though? It's free performance and memory speed isn't affected by it.

In most cases, turning on xmp causes CPU to always be at turbo causing more wear and heat.

[NelizMastr]

11 minutes ago, DavidGuba said:

In most cases, turning on xmp causes CPU to always be at turbo causing more wear and heat.

Heat? Yes. Wear? No, unless it's running at 100C all day and all night, which a 7700K won't since it's designed to have custom cooling anyway.

[DavidGuba]

9 hours ago, seon123 said:

1200*2=2400. That's just how it shows in some programs. 

Then why does my personal computer show 3000? My ram is 3000mhz not 6000

[DavidGuba]

2 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Heat? Yes. Wear? No, unless it's running at 100C all day and all night, which a 7700K won't since it's designed to have custom cooling anyway.

True true, someone recommended it on another forum. I don’t need the boost anyways. The 7700k at stock speed provides plenty of power.