Does this look right?

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Just put together a new Core 2 Duo build (specced by a friend) and the last build I did was an AMD64 several years ago so I'm totally out of touch with what I should be expecting.

Specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Gold
Asus P5Q P45 Socket 775








The memory speed in the BIOS is set to Auto and CPUz is indicating that the memory is PC6400 400Mhz as opposed to PC-8500???

Do I need to charge this setting in the BIOS.

Sorry for the n00b question...it's been a while

 

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I set the multiplier to 9 and the CPU is now running at 3Ghz.

I wasn't aware that PC2-8500 is PC2-6400 tested and selected to run at PC2-8500 hence SPD shows it as PC2-6400.

Anyway, I've now switched the memory speed in the bios from auto to 1066Mhz and now CPUZ is showing a DRAM Frequency of 533Mhz as I would expect. Also upped the memory voltage to 2.1V as advised by OCZ. Didn't change the timings as it seems to be automatically running at the advised timings of 5-6-6-18.

Now my question is since the 8500 has a quad pumped 333Mhz FSB (1333) and the memory is DDR which is double pumped, to run at a FSB of 333Mhz (1333) I would need memory that is capable of 666MHz operation: PC2-5300, therefore is my PC2-8500's potential wasted unless I overclock my FSB?

 

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