Memory speed in the bios


  1. Posts : 112
    windows 7 64bit sp1
       #1

    Memory speed in the bios


    Hi I just bought a new pc and asked for Corsair 16GB pc3 1200 1600MHz 4x4 GB DDR3 to be installed but when I checked the bios it lists
    Memory frequency 1337.68MHz
    Total Memory size 16384 MB
    should the frequency not be 1600MHz ?
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  2. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #2

    baccini said:
    Hi I just bought a new pc and asked for Corsair 16GB pc3 1200 1600MHz 4x4 GB DDR3 to be installed but when I checked the bios it lists
    Memory frequency 1337.68MHz
    Total Memory size 16384 MB
    should the frequency not be 1600MHz ?
    On a lot of PCs the RAM frequency is set to DDR3-1333 by default. To get something different, you may need to set the BIOS to use the XMP (extreme media profile) settings, or manually set the RAM frequency and timings.
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  3. Posts : 1,814
    XP / Win7 x64 Pro
       #3

    Just leave it. You're not going to notice any difference at all between 1333 and 1600MHz for your RAM. You buy overclocked RAM to give you more headroom in overclocking your CPU, not to noticeably increase performance of the PC.
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  4. Posts : 112
    windows 7 64bit sp1
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Ok thanks for your views
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