ram says 799mhz

[[UK] HeadShotKing]

16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-24) my ram says this how do i make it faster? i already use the xmp profile,the ram should be 1600mhz

[_I_]

ram speed = ram freq x2
800mhz = 1600

[Paraborne]

Originally posted by ♔oGHeadShotKing♔:

16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-24) my ram says this how do i make it faster? i already use the xmp profile,the ram should be 1600mhz

You're fine. I thought I had same issue, 16 GB DDR3 2-8-8-24 1600. yours is at full speed my friend =)

[Long Ago [Linux]]

Dual Channel means that it can alternate between the 2 channels at double speed.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by OldeFartz:

Dual Channel means that it can alternate between the 2 channels at double speed.

As everyone else has said, DDR stands for double date rate, to get your ram speed, you need to double it's current frequency.

[videogames]

Originally posted by OldeFartz:

Dual Channel means that it can alternate between the 2 channels at double speed.

No, dual channel means the memory controller can access two channels simultaneously, which means an effective doubling of bandwidth, not speed.

[[UK] HeadShotKing]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by OldeFartz:

Dual Channel means that it can alternate between the 2 channels at double speed.

As everyone else has said, DDR stands for double date rate, to get your ram speed, you need to double it's current frequency.

how do I double it?

[rotNdude]

Originally posted by ♔oGHeadShotKing♔:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

As everyone else has said, DDR stands for double date rate, to get your ram speed, you need to double it's current frequency.

how do I double it?

You don't. The frequency you're reading with the software is the RAM's bus frequency, but the effective frequency is twice that. Don't worry about it since it's running at the specified frequency for that RAM.

[Azza ☠]

Make sure you have the two sticks of RAM in the correct slots, they are NOT next to each other, rather colour coded in slot 1 & 3 and/or 2 & 4. It's these odd slots which will then work together as duel channel.

Your memory is at 1.5V?

Then if your enabled the best XMP profile under your BIOS > Advance Memory Settings, it's working optimally... so long it's not mixed memory your fine.

Correction for other comments: It's not double because of the Dual Channel, it's double the frequency because DDR = Double Data Rate, which means two transfers per clock cycle.

Depending on your Software/BIOS it might just label it as 799 or 800MHz, which you then double to get 1600MHz. For example: CPU-Z reports the actual clock frequency, which is 800 MHz for 1600 MHz DDR memory. That is fine.

[Bush_Monkey]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Make sure you have the two sticks of RAM in the correct slots, they are NOT next to each other, rather colour coded in slot 1 & 3 and/or 2 & 4. It's these odd slots which will then work together as duel channel.

Your memory is at 1.5V?

Then if your enabled the best XMP profile under your BIOS > Advance Memory Settings, it's working optimally... so long it's not mixed memory your fine.

Correction for other comments: It's not double because of the Dual Channel, it's double the frequency because DDR = Double Data Rate, which means two transfers per clock cycle.

Depending on your Software/BIOS it might just label it as 799 or 800MHz, which you then double to get 1600MHz. For example: CPU-Z reports the actual clock frequency, which is 800 MHz for 1600 MHz DDR memory. That is fine.

the motherboard manual will also tell you

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's already doubled. Just like the RAM on your GPU will display like this as well.