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Did I get the wrong memory

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Just built a new desktop using a Kingston Hyperx blu 8gig, 1600 MHz stick purchased from Amazon.

When setting up the computer in the bios, it showed the memory as Kingston 8gig 1333MHz.

Should I be concerned and return it?
 
Nah, memory is very rarely the issue. In this case, perfectly normal to need to set 1600Mhz in BIOS on an AMD platform, for example. Depends on the cpu/motherboard you used but almost certainly the RAM is fine.
 
Should I be concerned and return it?
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No.

1333 is most likely the highest speed your CPU officially supports. The BIOS will default to not overclock. To overclock your memory controller to use the ram at DDR3 1600 speed you will have to do that in the bios.
 
That's pretty standard. You probably have to fish around in the BIOS for the memory settings and then manually select a different SPD profile with 1600 MHz timing. Also watch when you upgrade the motherboard's BIOS in the future, as it may reset the memory timing.
 
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