Setting up ram on motherboard.

[js111410]

I was messing around in the bios and I noticed that my ram was running at 1333MHZ. I knocked it up to 1600MHZ but it won't let me push it higher. Both the board and the ram should go to 1866MHZ. Do I need to adjust my timings, the box for the ram says CL9-10-9-28 1.5v.

 

[js111410]

How do I adjust these timings? What should I pick because my ram is at 1600, not at its rated 1866.


Automatic settings at 1600MHZ 1.492V
Command rate 2 auto

TCL 11 auto

Trcd 11 auto

Trp 11 auto

Tras 28 auto

 

[The Devil Made Me Do It]

you won't even notice a difference at the higher speeds.

 

[js111410]

How about adjusting the timings? What do I do?

 

[gskill support]

What CPU and motherboard do you have?

Automatic settings at 1866MHZ 1.500V
Command rate 2

TCL 9

Trcd 10

Trp 9

Tras 28

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

 

[js111410]

What CPU and motherboard do you have?

Automatic settings at 1866MHZ 1.500V
Command rate 2

TCL 9

Trcd 10

Trp 9

Tras 28

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

My main board is a MSI 970A-G46 and my cpu is a X6 1045t 6 core(2.70GHZ).

My settings are at 1600MHZ(bios doesn't let me go to 1866) 1.492V(no 1.5v option)
Command rate 2

I lowered my timings. Not sure if I can go lower at 1600MHZ.
TCL 9

Trcd 9

Trp 9

Tras 24

 

[gskill support]

Your CPU is locked, so DDR3-1600 is probably best.

For DDR3-1600, you can try 8-8-8-24 1.60V, 7-8-7-24 1.65V and see what's best.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

 

[js111410]

Your CPU is locked, so DDR3-1600 is probably best.

For DDR3-1600, you can try 8-8-8-24 1.60V, 7-8-7-24 1.65V and see what's best.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

8-8-8-24 @ 1.601v works so far in gaming.

7-8-7-24 @ 1.652v crashes game performance test.

 

[gskill support]

7-8-8-24 1.652V

 

[js111410]

7-8-8-24 1.652V

Seems to be running OK in my games. I'm running memtest 86+ right now, so far 0 errors. Do I need to run any other applications or is memtest good enough?
I'm a noob with this stuff. Updated 3/20/2013 @ 10:14AM ET

 

[gskill support]

You can run a stress test like HyperPi or Prime95 to see if the system will be stable under max load. That is the ultimate test to determine whether the RAM and settings are good.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

 

[js111410]

You can run a stress test like HyperPi or Prime95 to see if the system will be stable under max load. That is the ultimate test to determine whether the RAM and settings are good.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

ok, I'm running prime95 then

 

[js111410]

You can run a stress test like HyperPi or Prime95 to see if the system will be stable under max load. That is the ultimate test to determine whether the RAM and settings are good.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

Prime 95 said I got a Fatal Error:Rounding was 0.5 expected less than 0.4. This is on worker 2.
Set it back to 8-8-8-24 @ 1.601v. I'm testing this now to check for issues.

update

2 errors at 8-8-8-24 @ 1.601v in memtest

both say 8 2 00136cee224 - 4972.9mb a5f7c421 a577c421 00800000 One says count 1 and the other says count 2.

Do you have any ideas??

update 3/22

9 9 9 24 1.507v is running good 7hrs of memtest and 7hrs of prime95, had no errors.

 

[gskill support]

What is your CPU-NB Voltage and frequency?

Should be 2400MHz and ~1.20V. If you meet these requirements already, you may need to try a higher DRAM Voltage to be fully stable.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

 

[js111410]

What is your CPU-NB Voltage and frequency?

Should be 2400MHz and ~1.20V. If you meet these requirements already, you may need to try a higher DRAM Voltage to be fully stable.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

CPU-NB Frequency = 2000MHZ NB voltage is on auto.