Phoenix Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I bought 8x4 Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM but it shows as PC3-14200 in CPU-Z and the speed is 1777MHz. instead of 1866 MHz. I tried to set the clock speed manually to 1866 in the BIOS overclocking options but it doesn't change anything when I actually boot into Windows. Why is it showing my RAM slower than what it should be? I am on BIOS A08 if that matters, then I tried flashing back to A05, same result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khenglish Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Most memory clock reading programs do that. It really is running 933. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Most memory clock reading programs do that. It really is running 933. This is what I mean...why does it show 935 MHz. for DRAM frequency but it shows 888 MHz. for the SPD frequency and showing PC14200?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arise Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Cpu-z is stupid. Your memory is just fine. The SPD tab is showing the timings (somewhat wrong) that should be programmed into the SPD chip. They do not indicate the frequency/timings the memory is actually running at (that can be seen in memory tab). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Cpu-z is stupid. Your memory is just fine.The SPD tab is showing the timings (somewhat wrong) that should be programmed into the SPD chip. They do not indicate the frequency/timings the memory is actually running at (that can be seen in memory tab). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I see, thanks a lot man I was very worried - - - Updated - - - Cpu-z is stupid. Your memory is just fine.The SPD tab is showing the timings (somewhat wrong) that should be programmed into the SPD chip. They do not indicate the frequency/timings the memory is actually running at (that can be seen in memory tab). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I see, thanks a lot man I was very worried I just checked with HWinfo and it actually gave the correct reading! how the heck can CPU-Z be so stupid! along with SPECCY, and AlienAutopsy! They all reported my RAM running @ 1777 MHz. and alarmed me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Everything is working as it should be. Disregard the misreported information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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