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Need help getting my RAM to advertised speed/voltage/timing

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RedlineDyno

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System specs:

Case: Antec 900 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/ USB 3.0
MB: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6gb/s USB 3.0 (rev. 2.0)
GPU: Gigabyte GV-N460C-1GI GeForce GTX 460(Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ850GXSSLI ATX12V v2.2 EPS12V 850watts PS
Processor: Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130w
HD: 2x RAID 0 WD Black WD6401AALS 7200rpm SATA 3.0Gb/s
Cooling: Stock (I have Thermalright U130eXtrem but it doesn't fit that good)
Memory: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Low Voltage OCZ3G2000LV6GK
Dedicated USB drive for ReadyBoost
Logitech G510 keyboard
Logitech G9x Laser Mouse
LG 22" LCD 3000:1 Digital Fine Contrast - 2ms response time - DVI cable Connection

Link to the thread about my build:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=725098

Link to my ram on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227424

Link to my mb on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423


So the timing is 10-10-10-30 1.65v. I've manually changed the ram to 10-10-10-30 succesfully in the bios and it registers as you can see below but I can't change the voltage. It doesn't let me select the field. I found the DRAM voltage in the advanced voltage settings but as shown below there is no option for 1.65v so I don't know what to do and if im on the right path or not.

Thank you

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Thanks guys. That is what I figured so I went ahead and upped DRAM voltage to 1.66v. Now the ram is still under performing but instead it's at 800mhz. In the memory screen it still shows the voltage as 1.5 but in dram it shows it as 1.66v. In the bios it shows memory speed at 1600mhz but in cpu-z and other utility's it shows 800mhz. I have the clock at 12 x 133 = 1596. Is there another multiple that I'm missing? Should I have the multiplier at 24 to achieve 1600? It also shows the voltage at 1.632 on one screen in the bios. I don't understand all the different readings, could an auto config somewhere be over riding my manual settings? Thanks.

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800MHz in CPUz is DDR3-1600. DDR stands for Double Data Rate, so 2 x 800MHz = 1600MHz. You'll have to set the RAM multiplier to 15 to get DDR3-2000.
 
The bios doesn't offer x15 so I did x16 and this is what I got. Now I'll try memtest.

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I ran memtest 5.0 for almost 2 passes and had no issues. Would any of you guys recommend trying to push the ram further or is this good? My windows index for ram went from 7.1 to 7.9.

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