corsair 1066 memory

joeitalo · 05-06-2008, 05:59 PM

I resently changed from 800mhz mem to 1066 .when I use the linked option in the Bios (I remind you I am an amatuer) I only get mem clock speed of 832 I unlinked it set it at 1066 and got an actual speed of 1032. I did do a nono by putting two kits of matched pairs 2g's each making four gs's.I did what corsair said and removed 1 pair and it did exactly the same thing when I linked it . According to them it would run at 1066 or close to it if I removed 1 pair. when I saw it did not make any diferance, I put back the other 2 gs and forced it to run at the speed I'm getting now (1032).I am using a EVGA780sli board and was told that I am stressing it by doing this. Honestly I have been running for the last 48 hrs. the best I ever have and I bumped up the vista scale from from 5.3 to 5.5 (memory speed, all others are 5.9) ..Am I doing harm to My PC by doing this????

Underclocker · 05-09-2008, 05:59 AM

Your motherboard supports up to 1200MHz memory, so it shouldn't harm your hardware at all. I've no idea about the "linked" memory settings, though.

05-06-2008, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
joeitalo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston Mass Posts: 176 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	corsair 1066 memory I resently changed from 800mhz mem to 1066 .when I use the linked option in the Bios (I remind you I am an amatuer) I only get mem clock speed of 832 I unlinked it set it at 1066 and got an actual speed of 1032. I did do a nono by putting two kits of matched pairs 2g's each making four gs's.I did what corsair said and removed 1 pair and it did exactly the same thing when I linked it . According to them it would run at 1066 or close to it if I removed 1 pair. when I saw it did not make any diferance, I put back the other 2 gs and forced it to run at the speed I'm getting now (1032).I am using a EVGA780sli board and was told that I am stressing it by doing this. Honestly I have been running for the last 48 hrs. the best I ever have and I bumped up the vista scale from from 5.3 to 5.5 (memory speed, all others are 5.9) ..Am I doing harm to My PC by doing this???? Last edited by joeitalo : 05-06-2008 at 06:01 PM.

05-09-2008, 05:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Underclocker Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A land girt by sea. Posts: 430 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: corsair 1066 memory Your motherboard supports up to 1200MHz memory, so it shouldn't harm your hardware at all. I've no idea about the "linked" memory settings, though. __________________ Win•dows: n. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition.