BSOD problem. Cant even get stock 1600

[TheBetaSnake]

I have 2 pairs of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231445 for a total of 16gb.

I have a phenom x 4 965 BE as my cpu.
This is my motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157262
My bios is at the newest version.
I try to set it to 1600 and it causes a BSOD that says irql less than something(like that haha)
I followed a guide on these forums to clock the ram at the correct speed(http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=7688)

I still ended up with ear wrenching BSOD's.

my ram is currently running good at 1333 but thats just it. I didnt pay for 16gb of 1333... And it only rates 7.6 in WEI on win 7

Is there a problem with having four sticks of memory? Im lost.

[Tradesman]

Generally I suggest starting with the 965 Rev C for AMD owners that want to run 1600, most can handle two sticks of 1600 and many can handle 4 sticks but it generally takes additional voltage to the DRAM and the CPU/NB. Additionally any time you mix sets of DRAM, even of the same exact model it can be problematic, especially with AMD due to their weak MCs (memory controllers). You could try upping the DRAM voltage to 0.10 over spec and take the CPU/NB voltage up to about 1.35-1.4 and see if that helps stabilize...or loosen the timings (this set is CL8 which is also rather tight for AMD CPUs) to 9-9-9-27 or so. Here's so info on the MC capabilities of AMD CPUs (AMD sort of has this hidden away):

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...encyguide.aspx

[TheBetaSnake]

Generally I suggest starting with the 965 Rev C for AMD owners that want to run 1600, most can handle two sticks of 1600 and many can handle 4 sticks but it generally takes additional voltage to the DRAM and the CPU/NB. Additionally any time you mix sets of DRAM, even of the same exact model it can be problematic, especially with AMD due to their weak MCs (memory controllers). You could try upping the DRAM voltage to 0.10 over spec and take the CPU/NB voltage up to about 1.35-1.4 and see if that helps stabilize...or loosen the timings (this set is CL8 which is also rather tight for AMD CPUs) to 9-9-9-27 or so. Here's so info on the MC capabilities of AMD CPUs (AMD sort of has this hidden away):

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...encyguide.aspx

Would upgrading to a fx processor fix my problem?

Got 1600 working! CPUID verifies the 2400. Just gotta see how it holds up over gaming. WEI still 7.6 but thats probably still because of my phenoms MC?

[Tradesman]

At 1600, yes the FX CPUs should be able to handle it, they are rated UP TO 1866 with 1 DIMM per channel but most seem to be able to handle 4 sticks at 1600. And yes again on the WEI question, although WEI is really pretty worthless...it doesn't really offer a whole lot of useful info as it's more based on subjective lines rather than actual performance i.e. best you can do with mechanical drives is 5.9 be it 5400, 7200 or 10,000 RPM, PATA, SATA II or SATA III, etc