OcUK gave me the wrong memory?

Viper² · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:27

Hi,

Last week I took a trip to OcUK to buy some gear. I chose this memory. After installing it all at the weekend, I checked CPU-Z today and noticed this:

Can anyone confirm that this is the wrong memory and what action I should take now? I still have the invoice from the shop which states my order of the GeiL PC2-8500C5 1066MHz memory which was on a 'This week only' deal at the time.

AtreuS · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:41

My corsair memory ( see sig ) shows exactly the same in cpu-z.

Other testing software shows it correctly however.

best thing to do is check the part number on the sticker on the memory against the listings on the corsair website, that should tell you exactly what it is.

RJC · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:48

You might need to check the BIOS and manualy setup the voltage & speed.

Reality|Bites · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:53

The part number tells you it is PC8500 DDR1066

They seem to have used quality PC6400 chips and overclocked them to pc8500 spec, Hence why you need a voltage of 2.2v - 2.4v

Rroff · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:55

Its just the SPD table doesn't go above 800MHz thats all... hence why max bandwidth says 6400... its not uncommon with 1000+MHz memory - I believe some boards have problems booting with it otherwise.

Greebo · 11 Aug 2008 at 16:58

It's the same with my corsair 4-4-4-12 6400 memory.

cpu-z only shows it as 5-5-5-15 at 1.8v. It needs 2.1v to run at 4-4-4-12.

Viper² · 11 Aug 2008 at 17:02

Thanks guys. Just set the freq. in the BIOS to 1066MHz and it shows correct in the memory tab so that'll do me.