G3220 + GIGABYTE B85-HD3 + 8Gb Zeppelin 1600 Mhz

[il0v3tw1cS]

Hello,

I've recently bought new hardware and I have few questions:

1. I searched for my Intel Pentium G3220 and I saw that supports DDR3 - 1333. That means that I can use only 1333 Mhz memory?
2. What should I do to get 1600 Mhz frequency?
3. A SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) is better in gaming than SATA 2.0 (3Gb/s)?
4. Does Windows 8.1 work great with those ?

Thank you.

 

[Tradesman1]

If your mobo supports 1600 cances are good you might be able to run the sticks at 1600, it may require extra voltage to the MC (memory controller), not a lot. To run them at 1600, simply go into BIOS and enable XMP then select profile 1. As far as SATA - if this is a standard HD then doesn't matter a whole lot, if it's a SSD then SATA III is definitely better. Win 8 would be fine as would Win 7

 

[il0v3tw1cS]

Thank you .