DDR3 Ram showing max bandwidth of 1600 mhz, but bought 2133 MHz, help!

[wyckedscepter]

Hey All,

Bought:G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133mhz (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C11D-16GXL

Put into:

ASUS Z97-A/USB 3.1 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

Have:

Intel Core i7-4790K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600

On the asus uefi bio, is showing that only recognizing 1600mhz,

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[Assassin_Rida]

go to settings and then apply max ram if you can

 

[sibuns]

Or go into bios and see if you can enable any profile for ram. Usually you need to look for XMP and select profile there

 

[wyckedscepter]

go to settings and then apply max ram if you can

Hmm, yeah, looking, anyone familiar with asus bios to max?

 

[xBlaz3kx]

Downclocked because your CPU doesnt support 2133Mhz RAM. If it supported atleast 1866MHz RAM, it could've worked at full speed. Try OCing your CPU/RAM to max and it should reach at least 1866MHz.

 

[Assassin_Rida]

just found out youre cpu doesnt support it. you will have to overclock it m8

 

[wyckedscepter]

Downclocked because your CPU doesnt support 2133Mhz RAM. If it supported atleast 1866MHz RAM, it could've worked at full speed. Try OCing your CPU/RAM to max and it should reach at least 1866MHz.

Damn, this is bs, the i7 seriously won't support that speed, I just got, maybe should have gone with the i5 6600

 

[xBlaz3kx]

Downclocked because your CPU doesnt support 2133Mhz RAM. If it supported atleast 1866MHz RAM, it could've worked at full speed. Try OCing your CPU/RAM to max and it should reach at least 1866MHz.

Damn, this is bs, the i7 seriously won't support that speed, I just got, maybe should have gone with the i5 6600

Too bad you haven't checked the compatibility before. Now you know you have to check motheboard and CPU compatibility before you purchase the RAM.

 

[Assassin_Rida]

i also have a question on my account could you answer it plz

 

[xBlaz3kx]

i also have a question on my account could you answer it plz

Message me the link, i'll try to

 

[wyckedscepter]

Downclocked because your CPU doesnt support 2133Mhz RAM. If it supported atleast 1866MHz RAM, it could've worked at full speed. Try OCing your CPU/RAM to max and it should reach at least 1866MHz.

Damn, this is bs, the i7 seriously won't support that speed, I just got, maybe should have gone with the i5 6600

Too bad you haven't checked the compatibility before. Now you know you have to check motheboard and CPU compatibility before you purchase the RAM.

Last question, should I enable the

intel rapid start technology and intel smart connect technology support ?

 

[xBlaz3kx]

Downclocked because your CPU doesnt support 2133Mhz RAM. If it supported atleast 1866MHz RAM, it could've worked at full speed. Try OCing your CPU/RAM to max and it should reach at least 1866MHz.

Damn, this is bs, the i7 seriously won't support that speed, I just got, maybe should have gone with the i5 6600

Too bad you haven't checked the compatibility before. Now you know you have to check motheboard and CPU compatibility before you purchase the RAM.

Last question, should I enable the

intel rapid start technology and intel smart connect technology support ?

That doesn't have to do anything with your RAM. But yeah, give it a try.

 

[Tradesman1]

To your original question see item 10:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ddr3-dram-faq,review-33220.html

With your CPU and the 2133 DRAM go into BIOS and enable XMP, select profile 1 and it will take you to 2133. If any problem that way - you may need a slight OC of your CPU to run 2133, but it should run it, most can easily run 2666 and up with a slight CPU OC