1866 mhz ram on 1600 mhz ram controller processor

[shewin]

Does the 1866 mhz ram (hyperx,value ram,etc) will work with my a4-5300?? and i heard that my processor supports only speeds of ram up to 1600 mhz only. pls help!! 🙁

 

[clutchc]

It will be fine. It will default to 1600 MHz, but it will be fine. And if your board has XMP profiles, you may be able to run it at 1866 MHz as well. If your RAM has that option.