About Ram upgrade I did

[Yovel]

So, here's the case:
I had Kingston ?8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (2X4)
And today I bought Corsair VengeanceLP 2X8 1600MHZ
And when I installed it and booted up my computer, I went to Speecy and it showed- 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

Can someone tell me why is it lower? ( BTW, im sorry if this tread is stupid.. My knowledge with this stuff is not really high)

 

[saratj1]

laptop or desktop? if its a laptop you probably wont be able to change it, if its a desktop you need to go into your bios (your screen should tell you to hit a key when it first powers on) then enter the correct ram speed, shouldn't be hard just reed some instructions for your specific motherboard model.

 

[Tradesman1]

What mobo and CPU - and are you mixing the old with the new?

 

[Yovel]

laptop or desktop? if its a laptop you probably wont be able to change it, if its a desktop you need to go into your bios (your screen should tell you to hit a key when it first powers on) then enter the correct ram speed, shouldn't be hard just reed some instructions for your specific motherboard model.

I'm on desktop, thanks

What mobo and CPU - and are you mixing the old with the new?

Motherboard- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H87M-D3H SOCKET 0
CPU- Intel Core i5 4570 @ 3.20GHz Haswell 22nm Technology
And no, only the new ram is in the pc

 

[Tradesman1]

Go into BIOS and enable XMP will set them up for you to 1600

 

[Yovel]

Go into BIOS and enable XMP will set them up for you to 1600

Is it overclocking?
BTW why isn't in 1330MHZ? Is it becuase I have dual channel?

 

[Tradesman1]

1333 is the mobo default, to run higher you need to use XMP or set up manually (unless you have the Fury line of DRAM, they will try to automatically set themselves to a higher rate under PnP

 

[Yovel]

1333 is the mobo default, to run higher you need to use XMP or set up manually (unless you have the Fury line of DRAM, they will try to automatically set themselves to a higher rate under PnP

Well, I have enabled XMP and now it's 1600MHZ, my question is: it won't damage something later on?

 

[Tradesman1]

No you are fine 😉

 

[Yovel]

No you are fine 😉

Alright, thank you so much!