xscorp1on Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I recently set up a system using these components: Pentium Dual Core E2140: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116037 ASRock Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157107 Corsair ValueSelect: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145098 The ram was stated to be at 667MHz, however the system will only start up when running at 533MHz. I even manually set the memory voltage to high and timings to 5-5-5-18... and it still won't run at 667MHz. Is this just defective RAM or is it a compatibility issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xscorp1on Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hmm... okay I've discovered that the memory runs at 667MHz when the processor is clocked to 2.2ghz, but not at 2.4 (which I had it running at before). What's the problem, and is it better to have a higher memory speed and lower cpu speed, or higher cpu speed and lower memory speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted August 31, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted August 31, 2007 With the CPU you have at default speeds you would need to run the memory at DDR533 so that is normal because of the CPU default frequency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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