New build problem

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Hi guys, I just finished my first new build yesterday. I was amazed at how easy it was after it was all said and done (even though I was bricking it when I hit the power button for the first time:D).

I installed vista no problemo, and was playing Crysis within an hour of first turning on my new PC.

Thing is, I noticed something fishy - and annoying - when my computer starts up. On the screen it states that my memory clock is running at 800MHz, even though I have 4Gb of OCZ PC2-8000 Platinum Edition RAM, with speeds of 1000MHz. Even more annoying, even though I have a Q6000 Quad at 2.4GHz, it states: 'Main Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad at 1.87GHz"!

I didn't notice this at first because I was just happy to get my build up and running, but I should have known something was up when Crysis was running so slow (I though my new build, with a 9800GTX, would smash it - or at least run it at 30 fraps). (Edit: it might not mean anything, but I COULD run COD4 at 1900x1200 with everything set to high)

Do any of you have any idea what might have gone wrong? I'm scared that I installed the CPU wrongly and bent some pins or something - is this a possibility?

Btw, I did NOTHING in the BIOS (besides set the date and time), because I have no idea what I'm doing in there.
 
Fast reply, thanks mate.

My mobo is an eVGA 780i. I suspected some kind of power saving technology was the cause of the CPU thing. I'll have a look at the BIOS in a mo.

CPU-Z tells me that the RAM timings are 5-5-5-18 (which are stock settings), that 'DRAM Frequency' is 400MHz, that I have 4Gb installed in dual channels, that voltages are 1.8V, and that I have PC2-6400 (400MHz) bandwidth (wtf!).
 
I'm only going from 1.85 (which was what the mobo automatically set it to), to 2.1V, so it's not like it will change THAT much.

If I up the voltage, will the RAM automatically start running at it's max speed, or do I have to tweak some other stuff first?
 
OK, this just gets worse.

I set voltages to 2.1V, but my speed is still 800MHz, and on top of that, when I run CPU-Z, it says the voltages are still 1.8V.

Also, I thought I'd fixed the CPU problem by increasing the CPU multiplier in the BIOS from x6 to x9, but I guess I haven't because CPU-Z is still showing my CPU speed at 1.6GHz most of the time (sometimes it jumps up to 2.4GHz for some reason).
 
Yes mate, I found the speedstep option in the BIOS. It reads 'disabled', so I don't think it's that (could be though).

Also, I'm checking the eVGA boards, but they're not much help. I might drop eVGA support an email.
 
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