Memory speed wasn't set up correctly on the motherboard so I went in and set it manually

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Steven Merrell

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I just got a nice 8 GB 2133 MHz set of G. Skill Ripjaws for my Desktop PC. I installed them and made sure they were in the right channels and booted into BIOS to make sure that my memory was set up correctly and that everything was working fine. My motherboard had set the speed as DDR3 1600 instead of DDR3 2133, so I manually set it as 2133. I've never had to do this before, and I want to make sure that my motherboard isn't overclocking the memory, cause I want this memory to last a long time. My motherboard is an MSI A88X-G43. Before I bought the memory I double checked my motherboard's specifications to make sure that the memory was supported by the motherboard and saw that 2133 was the highest speed available (on newegg it just said 2133 without OC in front of it), so I went ahead and made my purchase. I just want to make sure that my memory is fine and I didn't shorten the lifespan dramatically. Thanks in advance!

Just a quick side note: Everything's working fine and there hasn't been any strange behavior from my pc.
 
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Shneiky
Every time you plug in memory for the first time, it runs at low MHz to ensure it will boot and let you into BIOS. When you reset your BIOS it also reverts to running at lower MHz. It's how it works. You are all good.
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Shneiky

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Every time you plug in memory for the first time, it runs at low MHz to ensure it will boot and let you into BIOS. When you reset your BIOS it also reverts to running at lower MHz. It's how it works. You are all good.
 
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Jcomptech

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You did the right thing. RAM usually goes to its stock presets. You did the right thing making it clock to the advertised speeds. You would be losing a chunk of speed if it werent set correctly like it should be. I had to do that to my RAM as well. You are not shortening your lifespan. As long as you are not putting too much voltage or frequency on it, you should be fine.
 
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Tradesman1

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Should be fine, the DRAM is tested to run at the given data rate - what the OC means is that to run these data rates on the mobo it may take a OC of the CPU or MC (memory controller) as they have a given spec data rate that they are rated for.
 
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