Ram speeds problem

[djjohnjones]

Hi i have a custom built pc and the ram i have installed is coming up as really low speeds
My build is

• 
  Asrock N68C-S UCC Motherboard
  AMD Athlon ii x2 250 3.0ghz cpu
  500gb HDD
  120gb SSD
  Ordinairy 2GB DDR3 1333MHZ Ram
  Kingston Hyper x Fury 4GB 1600MHZ

my bios displays them both clearly but claims they are 400mhz
CPU-Z also shows they are running at 400mhz

 

[Tradesman1]

Your X2 is rated to 800-1066, can try manually setting to 1066 - what model number of DRAM?

 

[djjohnjones]

hi im not an expert when it comes to computer are you saying the ram freq is too high for the cpu and how would i adjust them

 

[Tradesman1]

If running at 800 as you say, it's prob about right, can try to kick it to 1066 or higher, may require an OC of the CPU

 

[djjohnjones]

the bios is showing 400mhz for each module and i really didnt want to oc my cpu

 

[Tradesman1]

400 equates to 800 as 400 is true freq and 800 comes from DDR (DOUBLE data rate) 😉 Could still try manually setting to 1066 at 9-9-9-24 1.5

 

[djjohnjones]

sorry im a newbie to oc what does all the last bit mean

 

[Tradesman1]

Manually set the DRAM freq (1066) primary timings (9-9-9-24) and voltage (1.5)

 

[djjohnjones]

can that do any damage of sort i know sounds stupid asking but have never oc before

 

[Tradesman1]

Should be fine, I pretty much OC or at least try to OCX evey set of DRAM I get my hands on, which is a lot 😉