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Got something weird going on with my memory. I have the memory set to 2933mhz in the bios but this is how it shows in CPU-Z, I mean 1604.1??????

What gives? Good ol' Google hasn't shown me anything obvious, but I have this burning feeling its gonna be something dumb? 

 

Anyone got an idea? 

 

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Cpu : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.8Ghz), Motherboard : Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 - RAM : 8GB DDR4 2933 Team (Vulkan) memory, GPU : MSI GTX 980 4GB Case : Antec P50, Storage : 120GB Samsung SSD, 3TB WD Blue, PSU : 530w Thermaltake SPS-530MPC, Cooling : Artic freezer Pro 7, OS : Windows 10. 

 

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10 minutes ago, JSind11 said:

Got something weird going on with my memory. I have the memory set to 2933mhz in the bios but this is how it shows in CPU-Z, I mean 1604.1??????

What gives? Good ol' Google hasn't shown me anything obvious, but I have this burning feeling its gonna be something dumb? 

 

Anyone got an idea? 

 

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Dual channel.  So X2. You're at 2133.

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7 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Dual channel.  So X2. You're at 2133.

OH, So I was missing something stupid. Thanks buddy.

 

This also highlights something for me. 2133 is the base for DDR4 right? So that means my RAM isn't running at what I thought it was. Which means I may have some compatibility issues with it running at 2933. Time to try 2666 I guess.

Cpu : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.8Ghz), Motherboard : Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 - RAM : 8GB DDR4 2933 Team (Vulkan) memory, GPU : MSI GTX 980 4GB Case : Antec P50, Storage : 120GB Samsung SSD, 3TB WD Blue, PSU : 530w Thermaltake SPS-530MPC, Cooling : Artic freezer Pro 7, OS : Windows 10. 

 

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13 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Dual channel.  So X2. You're at 2133.

not dual channel, its double data rate, so ram is rated is mt/s, and mhz is half that. 2 transfers per clock. The channel count has nothing to do with this.

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

not dual channel, its double data rate, so ram is rated is mt/s, and mhz is half that. 2 transfers per clock. The channel count has nothing to do with this.

 

 

So I changed my Bios time back to 2666 and re ran cinebench, which showed a 40point drop. But CPU-Z does show the increase, to 1330.2 anyway.

 

Is this why it actually gave me a lower score?

 

For the sake of checking I put it back to 2933 and re ran, then got 549 ? huh? (might not have put the same timings)

Cpu : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.8Ghz), Motherboard : Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 - RAM : 8GB DDR4 2933 Team (Vulkan) memory, GPU : MSI GTX 980 4GB Case : Antec P50, Storage : 120GB Samsung SSD, 3TB WD Blue, PSU : 530w Thermaltake SPS-530MPC, Cooling : Artic freezer Pro 7, OS : Windows 10. 

 

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