beLIEve Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 i just recieved this ram today very excited about the low latency unfortunately its running at cas 3 the only sticks of ram installed are the two from the twinx set the rest of my specs are.. 2.6ghz 800mhz fsb dimension 8300 updated bios turbo cool 450 psu i got the below information from pc wizard 2006 Chipset : Intel i875PE Chipset RAM Type : DDR-SDRAM PC3200 Dual Channel SPD RAM Type : DDR-SDRAM PC3200 FSB Frequency : 199.5 MHz Bus Speed : 798 MHz (QDR) Memory Frequency : 199 MHz Chipset Bandwidth : 6368 MB/s Memory Bandwidth : 6382 MB/s Latency : CL3 PAT Enabled : Yes why is my new ram running at cl3? can i fix it or should i send it back for some regular twinx and save some money? also note that the ram i had in before *two stock hynix sticks and one corsair value select* was running at cl2.5 single channel 333mhz (they didnt match) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Corsair Modules Compatible with the Dell Dimension 8300 For an 800 Mhz FSB CPU: CMSS1GB-400 1GB CMSS512MB-400 512MB CMSS256MB-400 256MB TwinX aren't on the list. OEM systems aren't able to be tweaked to the appropriate settings. Return the TwinX, get CMSS sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beLIEve Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 will i get the same cas latency? cause if so ill hold on to this set since they hold more value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 What do you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beLIEve Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 im asking what cas will i see with two sticks of CMSS512MB-400 i wanna know that before making another move thinking out loud.. minus a heat spreader.. i dont want to bring back the twinx ram and spend 10 more dollars for cas3 all over again (based on prices ive found) im tryin to achieve a cas latency of 2.. if i cant achieve that with a corsair line up i would have to find a set of cl2.5 for at least 20 bux less before i would part with the set i have now (the expense of hassle) <-- my fault :D: its dissapointing that i would have to settle for a set of ram that will be worth less years down the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 7, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 7, 2006 System select modules would be made to JEDEC spec so usually Cas 3-3-3-8 or 3-4-4-8 for DDR400 modules. I would not suggest trying to get Cas 2 memory to run with any OEM system as it most likely will not run properly and with no bios options there will be no way to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beLIEve Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 thanks you two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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