Underclock Effect RAM?

[kas110]

So, I am buying a set of 2x8gb corsair vengeance 2400Mhz early for my new build as RAM is cheap at the moment, but I thought instead of it sitting there doing nothing, waiting for my new PC build, can I stick it into my current build (GA 78-LMT-USB3) I have researched a bit, and have found out that it will work, just down-clock it to the maximum speed my motherboard can handle (1333mhz) but will this permanently effect it in anyway?, down-clocking and using it, before I put it into my new build? Probably a stupid question, but I want to make sure I don't mess up my RAM for the new PC. Thanks.

 

[Tradesman1]

What CPU are you running. Ideally if you run these at 1333 you would run at CL7. May have to play with the timings and voltages but they will prob run fine

 

[kas110]

FX-6300, they wont stay down-clocked if I put them in my new PC after down-clocking them on my old PC? (New PC will have RoG Maximus VII and an i7-4790k)

 

[ccampy]

No its not a permanent change they will default to 1600mhz in your new machine and go to 2400 when you enable the xmp profile

 

[Tradesman1]

No its not a permanent change they will default to 1600mhz in your new machine and go to 2400 when you enable the xmp profile

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COuple things with this, 1600 is the highest value supported by the mobo, the mobos default is 1066 - not 1600, another is the mobo doesn't support XMP, and it's highly doubtful, regardless of mobo, that the 6300 will run DRAM at 2400