[SOLVED] Ram speed in bios shows as 1333mhz but shows as 666mhz in cpuz and hwi info

kaushik1099

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so dumb me just decided to check cpuz and hwi info on my very old PC and found out ram is running at 665.1Mhz(as shown in CPUZ) but my BIOS shows it at 1333Mhz

i have searched for bios driver updates(thinking that might fix it) but intel has removed those which were hosted till last year. and most third party websites look like they are hosting adware

BIOS and CPU Z screenshots
View: https://imgur.com/a/OSuHttd


Specs
Motherboard - intel dh61bf
Cpu- intel core i5-3330U
Ram- Transcend ddr3-1333Mhz
BIOS version - 0009 - 07/15/2013
OS - Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041 Build 19041
BIOS mode - UEFI
 
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so dumb me just decided to check cpuz and hwi info on my very old PC and found out ram is running at 665.1Mhz(as shown in CPUZ) but my BIOS shows it at 1333Mhz
Double data rate (DDR) is the advanced version of synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM).
DDR Dimms are double data rate so 665x2 = 1333. No issue there.
You have one 8GB ddr3 DIMM in single channel mode.

dimtodim

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so dumb me just decided to check cpuz and hwi info on my very old PC and found out ram is running at 665.1Mhz(as shown in CPUZ) but my BIOS shows it at 1333Mhz

i have searched for bios driver updates(thinking that might fix it) but intel has removed those which were hosted till last year. and most third party websites look like they are hosting adware

BIOS and CPU Z screenshots
View: https://imgur.com/a/OSuHttd


Specs
Motherboard - intel dh61bf
Cpu- intel core i5-3330U
Ram- Transcend ddr3-1333Mhz
BIOS version - 0009 - 07/15/2013
OS - Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041 Build 19041
BIOS mode - UEFI
if u have dual channel memory its fine that speed 1333/2 is equal that
 
so dumb me just decided to check cpuz and hwi info on my very old PC and found out ram is running at 665.1Mhz(as shown in CPUZ) but my BIOS shows it at 1333Mhz
Double data rate (DDR) is the advanced version of synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM).
DDR Dimms are double data rate so 665x2 = 1333. No issue there.
You have one 8GB ddr3 DIMM in single channel mode.
 
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