Rampage II Extreme Build

[swissbob]

I'm shortly starting a build based on this motherboard (I've been collecting the pieces for a while link) and recently realised that I'm probably going to have to preset some basic system settings.

There's a note with reference to the memory: "Due to Intel spec definition, DIMMs of DDR3-1333 or above are out of spec.", I have bought XMS3 TR3X6G1600C9 1600MHz, obviously I will read up on this and it probably just means some minor adjustment in the BIOS before trying to load XP Pro x64, but if anyone has any advice, knowhow I'd appreciate it.

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[curtains]

Pretty much any DDR3 ram that you buy that is over 1333MHz is a overclock, weather its 1600MHz or 1800MHz or 2000MHz, the numbers on the products pretty much just means they are guaranteed to stay stable up to those numbers.

I believe what its saying is that the CPU's are only rated at 1333MHz, and if you just put 1600MHz ram in it'll run at 1333MHz anyways, untill you overclock it.

 

[swissbob]

Pretty much any DDR3 ram that you buy that is over 1333MHz is a overclock, weather its 1600MHz or 1800MHz or 2000MHz, the numbers on the products pretty much just means they are guaranteed to stay stable up to those numbers.

I believe what its saying is that the CPU's are only rated at 1333MHz, and if you just put 1600MHz ram in it'll run at 1333MHz anyways, untill you overclock it.

Thanks.