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Lost RAM with OC Genie

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May 29, 2014 2:27:43 PM

I'm new to PC gaming and just learning about overclocking. In an effort to increase my game performance, I built a new PC. It has

msi z97-G45 MB,
i74770k CPU (3.4Ghz)
12 gig of RAM
msi R9 twin frozr 3G GDDR5 GPU
Windows 8 core
Thermaltake TR2 600W power supply.

Now I went the easier route and just clicked the OC Genie button in the BIOS software. It automatically shot me up to 4.0Ghz. There seems to be a slight increase in game performance (I play BF4), but the weird thing is, my RAM is reduced to 8 gig. I checked this several times to be sure. When I reset the OC settings in the BIOS to factory, I go back up to 12 gig of RAM.
One forum I read suggested that the voltage needs adjusting. But with factory settings the voltage is 1.488, and 12gig of RAM is present. But with the OC Genie settings, the voltage is 1.488 and only 8 gig of RAM show in the BIOS or windows PC info page.

Does anyone know what's going wrong here?

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May 29, 2014 3:14:46 PM

certainlyambiguous said:
I'm new to PC gaming and just learning about overclocking. In an effort to increase my game performance, I built a new PC. It has

msi z97-G45 MB,
i74770k CPU (3.4Ghz)
12 gig of RAM
msi R9 twin frozr 3G GDDR5 GPU
Windows 8 core
Thermaltake TR2 600W power supply.

Now I went the easier route and just clicked the OC Genie button in the BIOS software. It automatically shot me up to 4.0Ghz. There seems to be a slight increase in game performance (I play BF4), but the weird thing is, my RAM is reduced to 8 gig. I checked this several times to be sure. When I reset the OC settings in the BIOS to factory, I go back up to 12 gig of RAM.
One forum I read suggested that the voltage needs adjusting. But with factory settings the voltage is 1.488, and 12gig of RAM is present. But with the OC Genie settings, the voltage is 1.488 and only 8 gig of RAM show in the BIOS or windows PC info page.

Does anyone know what's going wrong here?


Does OC Genie incorporate the free version of RAMDISK? That would explain the missing 4 gigs?
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May 30, 2014 1:23:24 PM

Anonymous said:
certainlyambiguous said:
I'm new to PC gaming and just learning about overclocking. In an effort to increase my game performance, I built a new PC. It has

msi z97-G45 MB,
i74770k CPU (3.4Ghz)
12 gig of RAM
msi R9 twin frozr 3G GDDR5 GPU
Windows 8 core
Thermaltake TR2 600W power supply.

Now I went the easier route and just clicked the OC Genie button in the BIOS software. It automatically shot me up to 4.0Ghz. There seems to be a slight increase in game performance (I play BF4), but the weird thing is, my RAM is reduced to 8 gig. I checked this several times to be sure. When I reset the OC settings in the BIOS to factory, I go back up to 12 gig of RAM.
One forum I read suggested that the voltage needs adjusting. But with factory settings the voltage is 1.488, and 12gig of RAM is present. But with the OC Genie settings, the voltage is 1.488 and only 8 gig of RAM show in the BIOS or windows PC info page.

Does anyone know what's going wrong here?


Does OC Genie incorporate the free version of RAMDISK? That would explain the missing 4 gigs?


Ill try to check into that.
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June 2, 2014 9:43:35 AM

I did a little research on that RAMDISK. As far as I can tell, there is no software RAMDISK on my system.
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