RAM @1333 ?

foster grant · 21 Aug 2012 at 20:56

OK so I have an ASUS M5A99X Motherboard AMD FX-4100 @3.6, Plus 16Gigs of Corsair Blue Ram @1866....although when in BIOS it says the ram is @1333 , is there any way and/or any point in ramping up the ram to run @1866 and if so will i notice any difference ?

thanx

Leeroy123 · 21 Aug 2012 at 23:04

Yeah there will be a difference mate. If the ram is meant for 1866, then why run it lower??

ilovetechno · 21 Aug 2012 at 23:19

go into bios and will be an option to change its speed or just enable xmp profile if supported.

foster grant · 22 Aug 2012 at 00:06

XMP is for intel only no ? i have an AMD FX CPU

foster grant · 22 Aug 2012 at 00:07

Leeroy123 said:
Yeah there will be a difference mate. If the ram is meant for 1866, then why run it lower??

Any idea how i would do it ? lol ie Voltage ...and what if any are the implications please ?

currob · 22 Aug 2012 at 06:48

Go to BIOS then "AI Tweaker" then change option "Memory Frequency" from "Auto" to "1866MHz". You should be able to leave the voltage settings on "Auto". Save settings and reboot.

pgi947 · 22 Aug 2012 at 07:44

Failing that just manually enter the timings, voltage and speed in the bios

foster grant · 22 Aug 2012 at 14:28

pgi947 said:
Failing that just manually enter the timings, voltage and speed in the bios

As per the timings that are on the side of the ram itself right ?

uksoldierboy · 22 Aug 2012 at 14:32

I have the same system grant, should be a setting in bios like explained already (AI TWEAKER) change the speed in there, i can't confirm 100% that this is true, as i had to return my board because it was faulty, couldn't get into the bios. how you finding it though?

foster grant · 22 Aug 2012 at 15:40

uksoldierboy said:
I have the same system grant, should be a setting in bios like explained already (AI TWEAKER) change the speed in there, i can't confirm 100% that this is true, as i had to return my board because it was faulty, couldn't get into the bios. how you finding it though?

How am i finding the mobo ? it's fine as far as i can tell

....using the ASUS EZ Mode is pretty easy i guess...but ive not changed anything....yet!! lol...although the first mobo ( M5A97 + FX 4100) i had went a bit up in the air , had to replace it to this one ( M5A99X) ..

uksoldierboy · 23 Aug 2012 at 19:03

how you finding it for gaming?

foster grant · 23 Aug 2012 at 22:23

the only games ive been playing ( not online ) re BF3, Ghost recon , and MW1,2 AND 3 ...and its fine , no freezin no laggin no BSOD ( so far lol

foster grant · 29 Aug 2012 at 13:48

OK this is an update ..on the ram speed...put it up to 1600 ( left other settings to Auto ) via BIOS restarted my PC and all seemed just fine ...then went into BIOS and changed the Ram speed to 1866 ( as the ram says its 1866 )...again...left all other settings to auto ..mostly cos i wouldnt what to change anyway ....yeah so...restarted the PC and straight away it didn't like 1866 it just wanted to keep restarting the PC , so now im assuming i have to change either the timings and/or the Voltage ? ......any advice please ?