DDR3 1600 CL11 RAM running at 1066 CL7

[nyz1_xromyow]

Okay, so my I got myself reading articles about RAM and found out that mine is not running at rated. I never changed any settings of my BIOS. My RAM is a Crucial 4GB DDR3-1600 1.35V CL11


The default settings of my mobo reads the RAM as 1066 - CL7(?) [7-7-7-19] at 1.5V


Should I set it to 1600MHz - CL11[11-11-11-28] 1.35v?
Or should I leave it as it is?


PS. The RAM I have before got corrupted, causing frequent BSoD. Good thing it is still covered by warranty and got this one as a replacement.

 

[Tradesman1]

What mobo, CPU and model # of the DRAM? Look for an XMP option in the BIOS, if there, enable it

 

[Zerk2012]

Your new memory is probably running at the speed and timings that your motherboard had the old memory set to.
With the difference in timings the speed is probably a wash.

 

[nyz1_xromyow]

What mobo, CPU and model # of the DRAM? Look for an XMP option in the BIOS, if there, enable it

mobo is AsRock H61M-VG4
RAM is CT51264BD160BJ

 

[Tradesman1]

If mobo has XMP try ir with profile 1, else can try setting manually at 1600 11-11-11-30

 

[nyz1_xromyow]

If mobo has XMP try ir with profile 1, else can try setting manually at 1600 11-11-11-30

According to the product specs, it has XMP. But I don't see such thing in my BIOS,

How about the voltage? Should I leave it at 1.5V? and, can't I leave the timing at 7-7-7-19 on 1600? I thought that the lower the timing, the better. But I'm not sure if the RAM can handle it.

 

[Tradesman1]

The DRAM specs for this are 11-11-11-30, if you run at a lower freq the timings can be lowered (tightened) but you lose the wider bandwidth of the higher freq