Best ram speed I can buy - 1333 or 1600?

[theunreal]

Hello,
I curretly have 4GB of ram, (2x 2GB sticks) and I want to add 4GB so I will have a total of 8 GB Ram.
My Motherboard: Motherboard: MSI (Micro Star) H55M-E33
I've been looking into the MSI website and saw this:
Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC) DRAM, 16GB Max

I want to buy the following stick: Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz KVR16N11S8/4

does that mean I can use the 1600 or not? (The 1600 is marked with *)

 

[Ubrales]

In this case, the star (*) means that it is an overclocked setting, 1600. Make sure that you have a 64-bit OS in order to utilize more than 4 GBs of RAM.

 

[Steven Jiang]

Yeap. It just means that you can overclock the RAM module.

 

[Robert Cook]

^ a motherboard with XMP will support that with no issues. as above watch out for that OS
Also, are the timings the same? 1600MHz RAM will not work well with 1333MHz RAM

 

[Steven Jiang]

In this case, the star (*) means that it is an overclocked setting, 1600. Make sure that you have a 64-bit OS in order to utilize more than 4 GBs of RAM.

Wow 30 secs late .-. you win

 

[theunreal]

Hello all and thanks for answers, but they are seem to be wrong.
The store provider called me and told me that my motherboard will not fit the kingson stick since it's dual core and I have single core (because the H55 motherboard module)

Anyone can explain this to me?

 

[madmatt30]

^ that comment makes no sense whatsoever ???
I have no idea what he's talking about.

 

[Robert Cook]

^ I am as lost as you are.

 

[Ubrales]

Here are the specifications for your motherboard - http://us.msi.com/product/mb/H55ME33.html#hero-specification

Memory - DDR3 Memory DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC)
Memory Channel Dual

Dual channel DDR3 Memory. (The store owner probably mixed up the terms "dual channel" and "dual core") - Dual core, Quad core are CPU terms.

 

[Steven Jiang]

Here are the specifications for your motherboard - http://us.msi.com/product/mb/H55ME33.html#hero-specification

Memory - DDR3 Memory DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC)
Memory Channel Dual

Dual channel DDR3 Memory. (The store owner probably mixed up the terms "dual channel" and "dual core") - Dual core, Quad core are CPU terms.

I had a store owner which was telling me that my mb cannot support quad core cpus and I nearly fainted from him messing up RAM and CPU terms.