My memory is 1600Mhz but my BIOS says it is 800MHz, what do i do to make it 1600MHz?

Ferrariassassin · Sep 15, 2014

I know that i go into BIOS and set it from 800MHz to 1600MHz but is it really that simple, do i need to mess around with the voltage and add more voltage to it also? Can someone please tell me what i should do to correctly set up my RAM the way it is intended to run?
CPU-i5-4690
Motherboard-GIGABYTE GA-H97-Gaming 3
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

PS-(NO OVERCLOCKING)

swifty_morgan · Sep 15, 2014

it's already running at 1600............ 800x2=DDR

xtremeanimefan · Sep 15, 2014

Ferrariassassin :

You need to set the clock to 1600mhz and probably adjust the timings too if they aren't to spec(9-9-9-24-2n for this set). It's basically plugging in the values that certain motherboards don't detect correctly. The voltage should be at 1.5v. Hope this helps.

Ferrariassassin · Sep 15, 2014

swifty_morgan :

But my Bios says it is running at 800MHz nor 800MHzx2

Ferrariassassin · Sep 15, 2014

xtremeanimefan :

Ferrariassassin :

You need to set the clock to 1600mhz and probably adjust the timings too if they aren't to spec(9-9-9-24-2n for this set). It's basically plugging in the values that certain motherboards don't detect correctly. The voltage should be at 1.5v. Hope this helps.

So what are the main things i should change on it? Just the Voltage, timing and speed?

Supahos · Sep 15, 2014

DDR means double data rate.... 800 MHz is 1600 MHz I know its weird but there is no way that setup defaulted to actual 800 MHz, you are good to go

swifty_morgan · Sep 15, 2014

Ferrariassassin :

xtremeanimefan :

So what are the main things i should change on it? Just the Voltage, timing and speed?

don't touch anything.

xtremeanimefan · Sep 15, 2014

Ferrariassassin :

xtremeanimefan :

So what are the main things i should change on it? Just the Voltage, timing and speed?

Yes, but only if it's the effective speed. Some motherboards list different effective speed selections in their ram options. The other posts are also correct, but every board is different in what it displays in the BIOS.

Ferrariassassin · Sep 15, 2014

swifty_morgan :

Ferrariassassin :

don't touch anything.

But i wont be getting my cash worht if i dont

swifty_morgan · Sep 15, 2014

NO................ I said leave it alone in both my posts.......... go back and read............ 800x2=DDR ( double data rate ) or 1600.

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