DDR4 3866(o.c)/2133 help

[timewarrior66]

So, out of curiousity I was looking at the Asus ROG Maximus VIII Extreme Assembly. It's specs
state that the memory supported includes a range of DDR4 speeds.

Memory Standard
DDR4 3866*(*O.C.)/ 3800*/ 3733*/ 3600*/ 3500*/ 3466*/ 3400*/ 3333*/ 3300*/ 3200*/ 3000*/ 2800*/ 2666*/ 2400*/ 2133

So my question is this. Would I buy memory that is at 2133 and overclock it to 3866 (if possible), or do I just buy memory at 3866? This is all more for research than anything as I would assume the concept applies to other motherboards as well. Thank you for assisting with yet another question I'm sure you've all answered hundreds of times before.

 

[Kevern_11]

You don't need memory that fast, barely will notice the difference, and most RAM at 2133 mhz won't OC to 3866mhz anyways, just buy some like 2800/3000 and that will be fine.

 

[timewarrior66]

You don't need memory that fast, barely will notice the difference, and most RAM at 2133 mhz won't OC to 3866mhz anyways, just buy some like 2800/3000 and that will be fine.

It's mostly for reference. I'm not building anytime soon. But I was always curious. Thanks for the info!