My Ram run's at 1333 unless I OC it in the Asus bios to the advertised 1648. All of this work is silly. Never happened on DDR2 computers I've repaired, so I went with the safe 1.5v CL 9 stuff I always buy. Apparently, not so "safe."
I am even having a hard time verifying what speed it's actually running. See the HWinfo32 screenshot below. Before I OC'd it, it said 1333. It currently says 1600.
Cpu-Z (screen shot below) said the same thing before and after overclocking. No change. My last Intel computer didn't hide this info in CPU-z. (I know it's a Sandy Bridge problem.)
Here's my main concern. When I buy 4Gb more I would like to make sure I have the proper sticks for this motherboard without over clocking. If I send the modules back and get the 1.65v CL8 sticks it likes (according to the manual) will I still have to over clock? If I keep these, will I have a problem adding sticks with different voltage and timings?
My system:
Intel G860 3Ghz
Asus P8Z68-V LE
Corsair 2x2Gb DDR3 1600 1.5v CL9
Rosewill Redbone U3 case
Antec 430w 80plus Bronze
1.65TB on 3 7200 HDD\'s
Toshiba 32\" HDTV
Built 3/23/12
I am even having a hard time verifying what speed it's actually running. See the HWinfo32 screenshot below. Before I OC'd it, it said 1333. It currently says 1600.
Cpu-Z (screen shot below) said the same thing before and after overclocking. No change. My last Intel computer didn't hide this info in CPU-z. (I know it's a Sandy Bridge problem.)
Here's my main concern. When I buy 4Gb more I would like to make sure I have the proper sticks for this motherboard without over clocking. If I send the modules back and get the 1.65v CL8 sticks it likes (according to the manual) will I still have to over clock? If I keep these, will I have a problem adding sticks with different voltage and timings?
My system:
Intel G860 3Ghz
Asus P8Z68-V LE
Corsair 2x2Gb DDR3 1600 1.5v CL9
Rosewill Redbone U3 case
Antec 430w 80plus Bronze
1.65TB on 3 7200 HDD\'s
Toshiba 32\" HDTV
Built 3/23/12