ram working slower

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    Question Different RAM speeds in BIOS and Windows

    So I have recently upgraded my system from a core i5-2320 with 8GBs of DDR3 RAM (2x4 dimms) running at 1333mhz to an AMD FX-6300 with 16GBs of RAM (2x8 dimms) that advertises to run at 1600mhz and displays that speed in BIOS but whenever I boot up to windows and check the speed it says 800mhz in...