Ram Speed Lower
Ram Speed Lower
I have an overclocked AMD 8350 (4.7 Stable) and the ram speed is lower than advertised. Is there anyway to adjust this manually to 1866? I have 16 gbs of G.Skill 1866 installed and it is running at 1532. When you overclock typically the ram speed goes down, but I was wondering if there is anyway to up the speed back close to advertised.
It's strange that your 1866 RAM stops working completely by 1880. It could be due to your CPU only supporting up to 1866 or a lack of support from your motherboard. The motherboard is probably the problem. Regardless, you won't be able to fix it. The multiplier will be simpler, and you'll still receive the same clock speed from your processor, which doesn't really help.
Your RAM speed should increase alongside your FSB, not decrease. Another suggestion: AMD's black series allows easier overclocking with multipliers rather than FSB. Multiplier overclocking is much simpler than FSB overclocking. Raise your CPU to the level you achieved with multipliers, then make small adjustments with FSB if you want an additional 50mhz.
Did you adjust your RAM speed settings in the BIOS while overclocking, or did you leave it unchanged?
No matter your choice: there is a way—access the BIOS and use the RAM speed selection option. 1532 is slightly lower than 1600; locate your current setting and there should be an option to raise it back up to around 1800.
The drop down won't allow you to change the speed to 1866 or around 1800. It is listed as 1880 and when you select it, the overclock fails. I was taught that a FSB overclock was better for performance. I was just wondering if there was a way to enter the timings and make adjustments, so I could use the current overclock.
It's strange that your 1866 RAM stops working completely by 1880. It could be due to your CPU only supporting up to 1866 or a lack of support from your motherboard, which might be the real problem. However, the answer is no—multiplier will be simpler, and you're still receiving the same clock speed from your processor, so it doesn't seem like an improvement.