RAM problem help

spider40 · Jun 26, 2014

I have 2 rams on my pc. One is the kingston value ram 4 GB and the other one is Corsair vengeance 4 GB ram. Can my computer use the faster ram to operate instead of the slower ram in any ways

CompGee · Jun 26, 2014

What are the timings? How high is the MhZ? Are they overclocked?

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

they are not over clocked. The Kingston rams speed is 1333mhz and the corsair's speed is 1600mhz

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

I think that the RAM speeds need to be set even. Can you set the Kingston RAM speed to 1600MhZ?

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

i dont know how to set the speed. can you tell me?

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

What motherboard do you have?

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

INTEL DH55TC

MY PC SPECS
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz 7.0
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Gaming graphics 4096 MB Total available graphics memory

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

Enter the BIOS and using the arrow keys, navigate to the Performance tab. Use the down arrow key to navigate to the Memory Configuration tab and hit Enter. From there, set the MhZ of the RAM and press Esc. Save and exit.

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

how to enter the bios? I am a newbie on this stuff. So please tell me. what MHZ should i set. 16000 MHZ or higher?

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

You can try hitting Esc, Delete, F12, or F1.
16000MhZ?! That's 16GhZ! I know what you meant, 1600MhZ. I belive that = RAM clocks/MhZ's make for better RAM performance, so the Kingston RAM needs to be brought up to 1600MhZ.

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

I tried that thing but when i went to the memory configuration tab, i pressed enter. There was nothing to set the ram speed. Below the memory configuration tab, there were the speeds of ram. I was not able to go there, I was not able to access it. Please Help!

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

Is your computer a prebuilt?

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

prebuilt? what?
Do you mean assembled? If yes, i have my pc assembled

Chicano · Jun 27, 2014

Prebuilt computers are brand name (Dell, HP, Acer, etc)... they usually have the BIOS locked, settings are either hidden or gayed out and inaccessible... So there's not much you can configure.

Overclocking the CPU can also overclock the RAM... see if overclocking the CPU is possible and if so, overclock it just enough so the RAM goes from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz or around that.

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

Unfortunately, your BIOS is locked down. You are going to need to re-flash the BIOS with the same version to unlock all the buttons and knobs.

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

CompGee :

how to re-flash the bios? Please help

spider40 · Jun 27, 2014

Chicano :

I have an Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz processor. I have heard that the cpu's ending with I and K can be overclocked. Rest of the cpus cant.

CompGee · Jun 27, 2014

Intel's flashing guide:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-022312.htm

Chicano · Jun 27, 2014

spider40 :

Unlocked CPU can be overclocked well beyond the stock speed... But regular (locked) CPUs can only be overclocked slightly... and it would take very conservative OC'ing to speed-up 1333 mhz RAM up to 1600Mhz.

I can OC my AMD locked Athlon from 3.0 GHz to around 3.3 or less and that alone can speed up my 1333MHz RAM to 1600+Mhz.. so it doesn't take much overclocking.

About locked/unlocked CPus
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/317950-28-what-means-2600k

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