Intel specs show that the new 8th generation i7 8700 accepts ram speeds of 2666mhz. before i read this, i bought ddr4 ram that has speeds of 3000MHz and i thought i goofed up.
So i called intel and they said "yes a 3000MHz speed MIGHT damage the cpu, however some motherboards will actually reduce the speed of the ram to protect the cpu".
My question is, the brand new chipset motherboards that support the 8th gen intel cpu's have ram compatibility up to like, 4333MHz in some cases, is this really an issue i should be worried about? Should i try to exchange my ram for the lower speed 2666MHz? Or like intel said, would a motherboard really bottleneck ram to match down to the cpu compatible speeds?
