Asus BIOS settings for PC3200 memory.

[jordanaustin]

Here's what I got.

I have this exact memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134039
Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory


With this exact board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131517R
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard


I installed it and was getting a low score in my Windows Experience in Vista. I've got an amd athlon xp 4000, an ATI Radeon X1900 512 XTX, and a 74 GB Raptor WD drive so I didn't understand when I saw that my memory was getting a low score. I started looking around and apparently the memory was clocking itself at PC3200!

I read some of the reviews on the memory on newegg and it turns out you need to overclock your memory to hit it's potential. Since I'm not that computer savvy I thought I'd turn to the pros (you guys) to make sure I was clocking this baby right. Cooling isn't an issue so i'm not afraid to push it a little bit.

Here's what I've got my bios set at:

Do I have this setup right for the 2-3-2-6 timing I'm supposed to be hitting?


Thanks for your time guys,
- Jordan

 

[jordanaustin]

For some reason I don't believe that you guys are stumped, can someone please check these settings out?

 

[jordanaustin]

Here's a snapshot of cpu-z also:

I thought I had dual channel i'm going to hit my mobo pdf for info on that too.

 

[jordanaustin]

Okay couple things, my bios was slightly outdated, updated it. Then hit up the internets and such and found that ya, my settings were wrong.

Long story short, my windows experience went from 4.2 to 5.1 so just changing a couple small settings gave my computer a 20% performance boost!

Wish I'd done this a long time ago.

 

[Mondoman]

It's not a 20% real-life performance boost (it likely won't be noticeable to you), but it's a good idea to run the RAM at the speed you paid for!
Another thing to note is that the RAM is only guaranteed to run properly (w/o errors) at those settings with the RAM voltage boosted to 2.6V, so you need to do that -- in the future it's best to boost the voltage first, then change the latency settings.
This post may help explain: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1249881#1249881

Don't forget to download and run memtest86+ through at least a couple of complete cycles to make sure your RAM is working properly -- you don't want to wait until you get a BSOD or file corruption to know something is wrong.