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I would not be against learning how to play with the bios settings but I still have some confusion on the topic. I have heard/read so many conflicting answers regarding this, such as: Some people put their 1600mhz ram in the mobo with a 2600k and do nothing to the settings and it works fine...

So then what would be my best course of action regarding the ram? Ideally I would like to just put it together and have it run fine. Is that a possibility? Or will I pretty much have to manually set some settings to make sure no problems occur?

I just recently purchased parts for a new system and am now a little worried about the RAM I bought. Basically I bought an i7 2600k and 16gb (4 x 4) of RAM running at 1600Mhz. After reading more into the sandy bridge chips I saw that they only support up to 1333Mhz of RAM. So now my question...

So I'm looking at getting the following board with 2 ATI Radeon 6970s. Asus P8P67 WS Revolution (Rev. 3.0) Socket 1155 Intel P67 Chipset Dual-Channel DDR3 2200/2000/1800 MHz 4xPCI-Express 2.0 GLAN 8-CH High Definition Audio 4x SATA 3.0Gb/s 4x SATA 6.0Gb/s 14x USB 2.0 2x USB 3.0 ATX My...

The way I understand that it works, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, is that the RAM will only run at the speed at which the processor can handle. So even though the motherboard in question can support up to 1600MHz, the fact that the processor can only support 1333MHz is the speed it will...

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For some extra info, I will only be using a 1 monitor setup. Right now I plan to only put in the one graphics card. But I do plan to put in a second 6970. Thanks for the responses, they were quite helpful! Is AA Anti-Aliasing? And so basically it comes down to how many graphics cards I...

Perfect, thanks!

So if I wanted two (2 x 4GB), total 16GB, would it still be compatible with the processor? I'm still a little unsure of how the dual-channel stuff works.

Hello, I am currently looking at building a new gaming computer and have chosen all the parts, except for the motherboard. I have narrowed it down to 3 and was wondering if anyone could tell me the differences because they all seem very similar but the price ranges quite a bit. First of all...

Ahh ok, so if I decide to go with 2 x4GB then I would install both in the 2 black slots (or blue) then if I want to add another 2 x 4GB I would add them in the remaining color?

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Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of 16GB max, I would never come across a use for 32GB. I could be very wrong in my thinking but when I come across the term dual-channel I always see the ram coupled as 2 x some amount of GB. So if for whatever reason I did want 32GB of ram would 4 x...

Thank you, that makes sense, and it also lowers the cost a little too, which is always a good thing! Ok, so I think I just have one more thing to clarify. Is 8Gb the maximum RAM I will be able to get (2 x 4GB) that will work well with the CPU and motherboard because if possible I would like to...

So if the motherboard can support DDR3-2000 but the CPU can only support DDR3-1333 what speed will it run at? Or does it vary? I probably will go with the DDR3-1333 but I'm just trying to get an understanding of how this works. Also, now that I will be going with dual-channel RAM would it be...