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vegas311

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Good day everyone,

I just bought a ram 2x4gb Kingston Hyper and written on the box is 10700/1600/CL9 so as I understand that each sticks should run @800mhz and I manually set it to 1600 in BIOS cause it defaults at 1333 when I first installed it. But when I look at CPUZ it's shows there that ram spec is rated 667mhz currently running @800mhz and in the model name section it includes that 1600. The vendor clearly said that the card is 1600 and not 1333. And I think 1600 rams should ran default at 800mhz and both benchmark and CPUZ should post 800mhz instead of 667 correct me if I'm wrong. Did the vendor fooled me? Can I RMA It using CPUz and bench as a proof? Coz I felt like I didn't get what I paid for.


Sorry for my bad English.
 
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I've have read complains, like what you're saying before.
The user is sure the advertised specification of the ram is wrong, including the memory "flash". What it digitally indicates to your PC.

I'd probably just keep it, since it manually runs @1600, 9-9-9-24
And two 4 gig sticks prob didn't cost much, not worth the RMA hassle and shipping costs. Just junk it in the future when you upgrade again and spurge(spoil yourself) a bit on some cas 7 Trident or a similar high-end competitor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231628
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sometimes you do have to set it in BIOS, although it should detect it correctly. The RAM itself should have a label on it, check that to see if it's 1600. When you set it manually, does it run at 1600 CL9? If so, run a few stress tests, if it's ok, then it should be 1600.
 
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It's DDR, so the 800 (or 667) is doubled.
And your CPU is likely a Sandy or Ivy Bridge? The CPU has the memory controller on it. And it's rated at 1333 MHz, so that is the default speed (Haswell is 1600 MHz). Anything above that is an overclock. If you go into your bios/UEFI and enable XMP it should run at the advertised spec.
 
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I have 4670k with extreme 6,. Whenever I enable xmp profile it gives BSOD randomly. But I can set set it manually though without any BSOD. In bios I set it to 1600 9-9-9-24/27. But it's not actually the problem. What I'm confused about is that I think what I bought is not actually a 1600 ram though the labels in the box says 1600. Coz why are benchmark showing @667 and CPUZ too. I'll post some screenshots when I get home.
 
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It is not bad, the ram will run default on highest spd the board/CPU combo allows, to get it to higher speeds it has to be OC which is either done by activating a performance profile like XMP or setting it manually in BIOS. With the memory controller being on the CPU today any many CPU's supporting 1333 or even lower max speed there is no guarantee that the PC will run the ram at 1600 since the CPU may come unstable.
 
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I've have read complains, like what you're saying before.
The user is sure the advertised specification of the ram is wrong, including the memory "flash". What it digitally indicates to your PC.

I'd probably just keep it, since it manually runs @1600, 9-9-9-24
And two 4 gig sticks prob didn't cost much, not worth the RMA hassle and shipping costs. Just junk it in the future when you upgrade again and spurge(spoil yourself) a bit on some cas 7 Trident or a similar high-end competitor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231628
 
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So you mean 4670k and extreme 6 only highest default is 1333.? Coz I though it's really a good combo.

But let say that's the case, so isn't overclocking the CPU also will increase the SPD.? Coz I tried CPU @4.4ghz but nothing is change with the ram.
 
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Hi, I suspect this is really the case., FYI there no hassle replacing it coz their store is just a walk away from house. Sorry for RMA word.

But anyway do you still suggest i just keep it? Is it still good enough? Or I'll better replace it.?

Thanks for links. I look into it after I buy my case cause my system is currently just lying in a mini table:D
 
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