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- Oct 19, 2008
I'm used to build PC's all the time back in the day. But the last 5 years or so I've kind of been away from them and recently upgraded my system.
I bought a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane, 4GB of DDR2-800 Corsair XMS memory, and a Foxconn A7GM-S AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G motherboard.
The Foxconn board says it supports up to DDR2 1066.
The Corsair memory is DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Cas Latency 5,Timing 5-5-5-18
I've installed everything as per instructions but I'm having some odd issues with my memory speed.
In my Bios I have it set up as follows:
Current DRAM Speed 800MHZ
CUrrent CPU Speed 2900MHZ
Current FSB/HTT 1000MHZ
Current CPU Multiplier 14.5
My problem is when I run Sandra at default clock speeds it shows the CPU running at 2900MHZ but the memory speed shows 724mhz. Shouldn't this be reading 800? Especially since it's set to that in Bios.
I started up the Fox One software that came with the motherboard that allows for soft overclocking and it also shows 724mhz. Consdering all three items(CPU,MEM, and Moboard) all support DDR2 800 should my mem be runing at it.
The interesting this is if I use the Fox One software to push teh memory up to 800 it also pushes my FSB up to 221mhz which in turn runs the CPU at 3200MHZ. The system is actually stable at that speed so far. But I think I should be able to run the processor at 2900 and the mem at 800 shouldn't I?
I do plan on overclocking to some degree but I'd like to get this straightened out before i start pushing everything.
Anyone know whats up with my system?
I bought a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane, 4GB of DDR2-800 Corsair XMS memory, and a Foxconn A7GM-S AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G motherboard.
The Foxconn board says it supports up to DDR2 1066.
The Corsair memory is DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Cas Latency 5,Timing 5-5-5-18
I've installed everything as per instructions but I'm having some odd issues with my memory speed.
In my Bios I have it set up as follows:
Current DRAM Speed 800MHZ
CUrrent CPU Speed 2900MHZ
Current FSB/HTT 1000MHZ
Current CPU Multiplier 14.5
My problem is when I run Sandra at default clock speeds it shows the CPU running at 2900MHZ but the memory speed shows 724mhz. Shouldn't this be reading 800? Especially since it's set to that in Bios.
I started up the Fox One software that came with the motherboard that allows for soft overclocking and it also shows 724mhz. Consdering all three items(CPU,MEM, and Moboard) all support DDR2 800 should my mem be runing at it.
The interesting this is if I use the Fox One software to push teh memory up to 800 it also pushes my FSB up to 221mhz which in turn runs the CPU at 3200MHZ. The system is actually stable at that speed so far. But I think I should be able to run the processor at 2900 and the mem at 800 shouldn't I?
I do plan on overclocking to some degree but I'd like to get this straightened out before i start pushing everything.
Anyone know whats up with my system?