Solved 1333Mhz ram showing as 1600

[xeonome]

Hello. I currently have 4GB of Ram DDR3 at 1333Mhz, but for some reason on the task manager it's shown as 1600Mhz.
Do I have to somehow manually change it to 1333Mhz? Or could I just let it be like this? Also, does this influence how my pc works in any way?

Here's a picture of the task manager (I am currently running a game so that's why 80% of the ram is being used)

Thanks!

 

[ArazelEternal]

Are you sure the RAM you bought is 1333 and not 1600? What brand and model of RAM is it? Are you doing any overclocking?

The fact that Windows doesnt know what type of RAM it is (i.e. DDR2, DDR3, etc) makes me wonder what is really going on. It doesnt seem like it is reading it correctly. I would look at the manufacturers website for the motherboard to see if there are any drivers that need to be download and installed or updated. However if it isnt really causing problems I dont think I would get too worried over it.

As a check to see if its a Windows issue or not, you could download CPU-Z and that would give you all the info you need on your RAM config, plus your CPU and GPU config as well. You will find this info under the memory tab like I show in this screenshot of my system here:



See what this says and post a screenshot of it if you would.

EDIT:

Also take a screenshot of the SPD tab if you would please. It might help us figure out what is going on there.

 

[xeonome]

Just looked on the RAM stick and there's a sticker glued to it with the brand Sycron. It's also written DDR III 1333 on it.

The drivers should be up to date, I've reformatted the PC circa 1,5 months ago and it seems that for Asus it takes a long time to update their drivers.

Here is the memory photo
And here's the SPD one

Thanks for helping me!

 

[ArazelEternal]

Thank you for the info.

By this, it looks like your RAM config is correct and there is nothing wrong. Your RAM is executing at 1333 Mhz like it should be. This is shown by the DRAM Freq. field in the Memory tab and by the Freq. field under JEDEC #4 in the SPD Timings table.

My guess is that for some reason Windows is unable to read the specs from the RAM itself or from the BIOS. Honestly if it hasnt been causing any noticeable issues with the way your system works, I wouldnt worry about it at all. Its just a minor annoyance, thats all from what I can see.

 

[xeonome]

I see. Thank you for your help!

 

[ArazelEternal]

Your welcome.

 

[Itaregid]

FTR, I just looked in TM on 3 of my systems here and none identified the RAM as DDR2, DDR3, etc.

The speed is identified correctly, however. Your RAM speed in CPU-z is properly identified as 667MHz, and as double data rate (DDR), is 1333MHz RAM. So not sure why TM is reporting it as 1600.

Do I have to somehow manually change it to 1333Mhz? Or could I just let it be like this? Also, does this influence how my pc works in any way?

No, you do not have to change it and no, it will not influence how your PC works - unless it is running at 1600 and in that case, as long as it is not overheating or causing system crashes, would make your PC perform better, not worse.

Out of curiosity, what does Speccy show for your RAM speed?

 

[xeonome]

Like the two of you said, as long as it's just a wrong reading, it shouldn't be any problem.

Is this what you've asked for?

 

[Itaregid]

Yes, and there it says 669.6. Double that and you get 1339.2 - close enough to 1333.

 

[ArazelEternal]

FTR, I just looked in TM on 3 of my systems here and none identified the RAM as DDR2, DDR3, etc.

The speed is identified correctly, however. Your RAM speed in CPU-z is properly identified as 667MHz, and as double data rate (DDR), is 1333MHz RAM. So not sure why TM is reporting it as 1600.

Do I have to somehow manually change it to 1333Mhz? Or could I just let it be like this? Also, does this influence how my pc works in any way?

No, you do not have to change it and no, it will not influence how your PC works - unless it is running at 1600 and in that case, as long as it is not overheating or causing system crashes, would make your PC perform better, not worse.

Out of curiosity, what does Speccy show for your RAM speed?

Thats interesting. My Dell Latitude is listed correctly as having 8.0 GB of DDR3 RAM in the TM and my Dell Precision Workstation is listed as having 16GB of DDR2 FB-DIMM RAM.

 

[Itaregid]

Thats interesting. My Dell Latitude is listed correctly as having 8.0 GB of DDR3 RAM in the TM and my Dell Precision Workstation is listed as having 16GB of DDR2 FB-DIMM RAM.

Hmmm, I just looked again and now I see it.

Previously, I was looking down at the bottom information under the graphs where it says on this system, 1600 MHz of DIMM, but no DDR3 or DDR2. But near the upper right, above the graphs it does say "16.0 GB DDR3" (but does not state the speed of the RAM). So my mistake there. Sorry.

That said, when looking at xeonome's screenshot in his first post, I see it says near the upper right, "4.0 GB Other".

"Other"?