RAM SPEEDS 2133, 2400

[PRATAP]

 

Hi Experts,

 

While i was searching for the top speeds of RAMs when only 6th generation Intel CPU's were available,

i bought 2400 RAM and installed on 6th Gen CPU, later i surprised that i am taking advantage of only 2133 speed

 

Now 7th gen CPU's are in market..

I would like to buy 2400 RAM but while i was browsing for MOBO's, some manufacturers are not showing 2400 in their support list..

while ark.intel shows all 7th gen CPUs can produce 2400 Speeds..

 

my question is.. 2400 Speeds directly depend on Processors or in combination with MOBO's

[m0k]

mobo

you should be able to run your ram at 2400mhz, enable XMP in bios 

[cj09beira]

What happens is that the fist time you plug ram into the motherboard it loads conservative timings and speed to make shore it will boot. Then you have to go into the bios and activate xmp or change each timing and frequency to the right value for your ram.

 

[Hunter06]

h110, b150, h170 supports max 2133mhz

b250, h270 supports 2400mhz

z170, z270 supports over 3200mhz

motherboard is the limitation not cpu

Q.will i see a difference between 2133 and 2400mhz?

Ans: yes, especially in cpu bound scenario.

Q. So, should i replace my h110, b150, h170 to get b250, h270?

Ans. no, the minimal performance increase cannot be justified by the cost.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Hunter06 said:

 

Q.will i see a difference between 2133 and 2400mhz?

Ans: yes, especially in cpu bound scenario.

Really? 

[steffeeh]

You do already have 2400MHz installed. The RAM specs are always the XMP settings, so until you enable the XMP profile or manually edit the settings to match, you will run at a 2133MHz JEDEC standard.

Also there would be no point in upgrading from 2133MHz to 2400MHz anyway (in case you would have a 2133MHz kit), since the difference is so small. It would be different if we were talking 2133MHz vs 3200MHz.

[Hunter06]

5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Really? 

yes...on cpu bound scenario..see from 2.30 mark

 

[Bananasplit_00]

your RAM is probably running at that speed because you havent enabled XMP in the BIOS, its not really worth that small of an increase in RAM speed for the cost of a new pair of sticks

[PRATAP]

Hi Experts

I am about to buy i3-7320 & ASRock H110M-STX

i wanted you experts to confirm that if i buy a 2400Mhz RAM, will i really have this speed or 2133Mhz??