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well do some research, thats what its all about. building one is not hard at all, everything is pretty user friendly, the 'harder' stuff is when you begin to learn to tweak and overclock your system.
and you will almost always save money building your own compared to buying a pre-built system, the advantage of a pre-built one is the pre-loaded software (mainly windows, the rest of it just slows the system down with all the brand vendor software) just remember to choose your products wisely and research the products your looking to purchase, so you can see the advantages/disadvantages of the product.
Yeah I'll motivate myself to do it but in the mean time one last question
I took out the old RAM PC2 6400 (2x2GB) the one running at 400MHz I believe and replaced with the PC2 8500 (2x2GB as well -- my motherboard Supports PC 4200 and PC2 5300 (667 MHz), but I assumed it would lower to the highest one wouldn't it? aka running @ 667MHz (PC2 5300) but CPU-Z says it's PC2 6400 & running @ 400MHz?
Sure.
Pretty sure I have an old screenshot of CPU-Z with the 8GB inserted somewhere.
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Yep found another screenshot but was only memory tab.
I've got an old CPU-Z report
Code:http://z0r.us/pc-specs.html
ah ok, forget the SPD tab, it is simply a example or something of what the ram can run at. the one you got to look at is the memory tab, that will show what it is at. so your ram is at 200mhz which in double data rate is 400mhz. which is still lower than it should be which is 333mhz (667)
all i can suggest is to try and manually set the mem speed in the bios. you want to set it to 667 but im not sure how your bios is layed out as its an AMD system, i have only experience in Intel platforms. if there is anything along the lines of linked or synced, you need it to be set at unlinked. and go from there. leave the memory timings on auto until you can get the correct speed on the memory. if you can go to the motherboards manufacturers website, and find a link to download the manual or something, i will have a look through it and see if i can figure it out.
I think I need much help. This is the RAM I use DDR2 1066
In the BIOS I have the settings set as
Performance Enhance - Extreme
(G)MCH Frequency Latch - 266MHz
System Memory Multiplier SPD - 4.00A
Memory Frequency 1066
Timings 5 5 5 15
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I changed a few of my BIOS settings, changed my FSB from 266 to 400, as well as my RAM frequency. I changed my timings according to the CPUZ 'Timings Table(5 5 5 18)' as well as the voltage to 1.8 down from 2.2. The new picture is attached.
Update: I have no idea what I'm doing, caused my system to because unstable ;-P(Blue screens after a few mins with windows up.)
Last edited by Billy; 15 Nov 2009 at 03:48.