Teach me RAM..PLEASE?

[jahn6]

I have OCZ gold ddr3 10666 1333 mhz 2*2 4gb.
9-9-9-20 1.65v


SO.... I have set the voltage to 1.66 manually, (mobo doesn't support 1.65)
The ram timings are on auto and they rund at 7-7-7-16 ??
CPU z shows DRAM freq 533.3mhz... I thought my ram is 1333/2 667mhz??
When I set DRAM freq to 1333 in bios - system crashes.

Why is my ram timing like that... I guess its good because its faster but ...its weird.

So what does 10666 and 1333mhz differ in?? and why does it crash when I put 1333 manually in bios...(also manually put stock timing)

Only reason Im fiddling around with this is because my 965 BE c2 will be stable at 3.8 ghz at 1.4875 which seems a little high...

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated...

Have a g day!!

 

[EXT64]

Well, at 533/1066 it will have lower memory bandwidth. Will you notice it? Possibly.

So with manually set speed, timings (for those listed, rest on auto), and voltage, you get crashes?

 

[jahn6]

Well, at 533/1066 it will have lower memory bandwidth. Will you notice it? Possibly.

So with manually set speed, timings (for those listed, rest on auto), and voltage, you get crashes?

When I put manually just the timings it works. When I put the speed to 1333 it crashes...

When I check out my ram at ocz.com I realized this ram was optimized for intel... would this be a culprit?

 

[EXT64]

No, it shouldn't matter.

One thing to note though, I think the Gold line is a bit notorious for not running to spec. The ram may just be incapable to run that fast.