Bios shows my Memory speed as 533Mhz ! but its 2000mhz ! WTF ?

omidelf

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hey guys
my system memory is TeamGroup Xtream 3x2Gb 2000Mhz
but on the task manager its says my speed is 1333Mhz
On cpu-z my max bandwidth is 667Mhz
and on my bios is 533Mhz :|

what the hell is going on ? how much speed my ram has ?
 
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No, it means that your motherboard is only running it at 1066, at least in the BIOS.

Do you have your 3 RAM chips in like

1 chip
2 empty
3 chip
4 empty
5 chip
6 empty

thats the only way to get RAM for that motherboard will allow ram to run faster than 1600.

XMP profile should be enabled.

You should read...
just because your ram is 2000mhz, it doesn't mean it automatically runs at that speed unless your motherboard supports it and you set it to that speed in your bios.

Since your task manager reports 1333mhz, and it's DDR3 ram, meaning double, the 667mhz is also correct, as it's half of 1333mhz. What motherboard do you have,
 


asrock x58 extreme 3

so it means my motherboard is not supporting more than 533mhz ?!
 


No, it means that your motherboard is only running it at 1066, at least in the BIOS.

Do you have your 3 RAM chips in like

1 chip
2 empty
3 chip
4 empty
5 chip
6 empty

thats the only way to get RAM for that motherboard will allow ram to run faster than 1600.

XMP profile should be enabled.

You should read the manual for your motherboard on how to set it up.

Please refrain from the WTF type of posts. I normally don't even answer these, because, there is nothing wrong with anything in your system other than your lack of understanding of looking up the specs of your motherboard or reading the manual. So try enabling XMP in the BIOS and making sure your RAM slots are populated how I posted above and see what you get after that, take it easy, chill out, and read your motherboard manual, learning does the brain good.
 
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