RAM compatability question


The highest speed I'd recommend on this mobo is 1866MHz CL8 or CL9 and it is little faster than 1600MHz. Generally, for APU motherboards the highest possible speed is recommended. Howeverm 1600MHz is a good speed too. The patriot memory has higher CL latency which is not that great but not that bad either(lower the CL latency, faster the memory). DDR3-1600MHz has two lower CL latencies which is mentioned in the above post i.e, CL7, CL8.

When you compare the patriot memory with DDR3-1600MHz lower latencies against yours, i'd say the difference is not that much (you can see the difference in benchmarks than in the real world). Since, you have obtained the memory free of price I wouldn't hesitate to use it. Instead of investing your budget on another memory I'd say invest it on some other hardware like an SSD or high end GPU etc. Hope that helps.