Bought 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, only showing 667MHz.

Tiago P · Jan 17, 2015

So yeah, I should have some nice 1600MHz RAM in my PC but when I check it shows 667MHz...

Here's a CPU-Z screenshot.

i7Baby · Jan 17, 2015

Its Double Rate ram. So its running at 1333. If you enable XMP in bios it will run at 1600MHz - and show as 800MHz in CPU-Z.

Tiago P · Jan 17, 2015

Oh, I should have known this... is it normal for 1600MHz to be at 1333MHz?

i7Baby · Jan 17, 2015

Yes - ram runs at 1333 till you enable XMP. Then it runs at its rated speed.

Tiago P · Jan 17, 2015

Alright thanks. It's at 1600MHz now.