Will the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 support memory over 2000mhz?

[Bojangle12]

In the motherboard manual it says:

-Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066MHz

I'm thinking of buying some 2400mhz memory. That memory also runs at 1.65v, and the manual says:

-4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory

Additional question: Is is worth it to buy 2400mhz memory to replace the 1866mhz memory i already have? Is it even a big performance upgrade? I'm using 16gb.

 

[fall0ut3]

Depends on what you do. If you gaming, then it isn't much, if you edit/render/you know what I mean, then it would be a great improvement.
As far as I know, you could overclock the 2400Mhz memory to 1.65v, however then there would be a little heat coming out since the motherboard was meant for 1.5v. But then you must ask the question of whether or not it is stable, which is what I'm going to research next.

 

[Calvin7]

AMD CPUs contain the memory controller.
AMD FX CPUs support one DIMM per channel with 1866MHz speed.
AMD FX CPUs support two DIMMs per channel with 1600MHz speed.
The GA-990FXA-UD3 is a dual channel motherboard.
Higher frequencies require overclocking. Raising the DRAM voltage is not overclocking.

Example:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1752459/dominator-platinum-8320.html

 

[fall0ut3]

AMD CPUs contain the memory controller.
AMD FX CPUs support one DIMM per channel with 1866MHz speed.
AMD FX CPUs support two DIMMs per channel with 1600MHz speed.
The GA-990FXA-UD3 is a dual channel motherboard.
Higher frequencies require overclocking. Raising the DRAM voltage is not overclocking.

Example:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1752459/dominator-platinum-8320.html

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