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1 minute ago, Melvi said:

ok, so it says (OC 4266MHz) doea that mean i can overclock it ?

If that is whats in your motherboard manual, then that means that 4266MHz is the theoretical highest clock speed you OC RAM to. 

Edit: To OC RAM, go into your BIOS and it should be right there. Your manual may also tell you how to do so

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i think it just caps it.. so if you have the 3000mhz ram it wont run at full but i think it should work

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1 minute ago, Melvi said:

So i just bought my parts and i discoverd that the motherboards standard ram is 2666MHz and i bought 3000MHz. Does it still work or do i have to buy 2666MHz ram instead?

Your motherboard will automatically run your memory at 2666Mhz. You will have to manually overclock your memory to reach 3000Mhz.

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DDR4 has a base speed of 2666MHz, DDR4 can be specced for higher clock speeds, but they don't run higher than 2666MHz by default. If your motherboard only supports 2666MHz RAM, then you just won't be able to increase your RAM clocks up to their rated max speed.

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1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

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Your motherboard will automatically run your memory at 2666Mhz. You will have to manually overclock your memory to reach 3000Mhz.

ah ok , so i can overclock the ram higher even if it says standard 2666mhz

 

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2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

If your motherboard only supports 2666MHz RAM, then you just won't be able to increase your RAM clocks up to their rated max speed.

Motherboard speed support is native. It support anything between DDR4-2133 and 2666 just fine, but you can manually overclock to go higher. Some will even go as high as 4233 or something crazy like that.

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1 minute ago, Melvi said:

ah ok , so i can overclock the ram higher even if it says standard 2666mhz

Correct.

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1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

DDR4 has a base speed of 2666MHz, DDR4 can be specced for higher clock speeds, but they don't run higher than 2666MHz by default. If your motherboard only supports 2666MHz RAM, then you just won't be able to increase your RAM clocks up to their rated max speed.

ok, so it says (OC 4266MHz) doea that mean i can overclock it ?

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1 minute ago, Melvi said:

ok, so it says (OC 4266MHz) doea that mean i can overclock it ?

If that is whats in your motherboard manual, then that means that 4266MHz is the theoretical highest clock speed you OC RAM to. 

Edit: To OC RAM, go into your BIOS and it should be right there. Your manual may also tell you how to do so

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HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
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*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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