azriel2 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I recently purcahed a corsair 2x4gb vengeance. my mother board is MSI 790GX-G65 that has a 1333mhz native DDR3. the corsair runs in a 1600 CL9. as you can see the picture below im kinda confused. aint it suppose to be 1600 CL9? why is it running at 9-11-11-29 aint it suppose to be 9-9-9-24 like the box said? or i still need to set it on the board? BTW, used bios V4.1 and v4.2 1333 vs 1600 http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5250/memory1333cl9.jpg SPD 1333 http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3267/spd1333.jpg SPD 1600 http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2397/1600b.jpg 3D max in high settings 800 CL6 http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6800/3dmax800cl6.jpg 1333 CL9-9-9-24 http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2702/3dmax1333cl9.jpg 1600 CL9-11-11-29 http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/85/3dmax1600cl9111129.jpg really makes no sense why my instead of my scores go up, it went down :) please help thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 can anyone help? thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 what speed is the CPU running at for all these tests and is speedstep/c1e turned off? and please fill out your system specs as asked during registration. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 i filled up my specs. my PC runs in at stock speed for a phenom II x2 550BE no overclock. everything runs in "optimal" settings in bios. the only thing i changed in bios, was for it to run at 1600. thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 guess i cant return the item now since i really dont know what happened here. ~_~ now i have 12hrs of knowing if my ram is defective for a straight warranty or after 12hrs i need this this ship back to corsair. which is alot of hassle :) i just bought the newest line in corsairs product CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9. and no ones helping. i even emailed. ive been to my motherboards tech support also. ever since ive seen corsair, ive always said that this is the best ram anyone can buy. guess not :) ohh well, im stuck with a Corsair Vengeance with no solid answer. i cant blame my motherboard, cant blame the memory, and i cant blame the CPU. i have the newest line in corsairs product that slows down my system when i raise the ram frequency that it was tested for. that really is something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 maybe someone can clarify this because i thought Corsair Vengeance was designed for Intel systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Try running a memory test and not a benchmark. Test one stick at a time in each slot using Memtest86+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 i think i forgot to mention that i ran memtest and windows memtest for 12 hours for each dimms and in dual channel mode in 1333 mode and 1600 mode. no errors detected :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 hey, on AMD systems change the setting command rate to 2t, amd hates 1t in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 had a reply from the corsair tech support. will go to the shop i got the ram and have them check it in another system. if it still runs in 1600CL9-11-11-29. its the ram. other wise. its my memory controller. dont know how in the world to test my memory controller. so far, i had 2 BSOD, per my dump file logs. and im trying to check what was the error. if its a memory thing. ohh noh! T_T ohh well, i almost fell in love with this new ram :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 so this is what it should look like when you have a vengeance, and set it to 1600CL9-9-9-24. i guess setting everything in [auto] will not work. :) http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2506/1600cl99924.jpg http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6621/3dmaxin1600cl99924.jpg went to the shop i got the ram. they also said that it was a shock to hear my story. good thing they have all the parts i have. and guess what? they did the upped the ram frequency to 1600, they had the same thing i did. 1600MHZ in CL9-11-11-29 they opened 4 modules of 8gb vengeance. 5 motherboards, 6 processors and various video cards. good thing it was a big shop and most of the customers there wanted to participate. FYI: the parts they opened was taken from the shelf, meaning they will not sell it since the parts are open. just to prove the fact that what you read in reviews. aint worth anything. and you guest it right! none of the parts they opened and the customer's PCs made the 1600MHz CL9-9-9-24. and this customers are RMAing their stuffs and wanted to check out the NEW corsair on the block. the one that had a 10/10 rating. aint so 10/10 in real life. i wish there will be a time when reviews are actual reviews. i went up to 5GHZ!!! blah blah blah! sorry if im ranting, but it was the 1st corsair that i had and ive always thought that, if its RAM. its corsair. you proved me wrong :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Were they all the same model of motherboard? Either at home or in the store, did anyone try setting the timings manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azriel2 Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 yeah, we did that was the only time the ram performed well they had a board just like mine MSI 790GX-GD65, it OCs at 1600. we also opened 4 8GB vengeance just to make sure that it did ran at 1600CL9-11-11-29. not 9-9-9-24. then we opened a gigabyte board, some asus and a whole bunch of other boards and processors. not only did the items from the shop was used, even the customers who came in to have their PCs fixed. volunteered to test the ram. none of them had made the RAM go 1600CL9-9-9-24. on my MSI board it ran 1600CL9-11-11-29, we did a couple of passes in memtest. but, even tough it passed, performance and benchmarks anit so pretty. our verdict! its not a ram to use in [AUTO]. you really have to burn everything just to make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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