MOBO question

[spirosbax]

Guys I have 1 quick question.

- when a mobo says in specs this: 2400Mhz (OC) for ram. Does it mean that I need to overclock my mobo to support ram sticks with 2400 speed?

[Leonard]

No it means that that is the rated RAM frequency that the motherboard can run apart from the JEDEC standard. You can however OC a RAM kit to that speed and above once the kit of RAM will allow it.

[spirosbax]

No it means that that is the rated RAM frequency that the motherboard can run apart from the JEDEC standard. You can however OC a RAM kit to that speed and above once the kit of RAM will allow it.

So if I buy a mobo that says what I mentioned at the first post and a ram at 2400Mhz then it will run just perfect but if I OC the rom to a higher frequency the mode will keep it down to the maximum frequency it supports. Which in this example is 2400 right?

[Leonard]

So if I buy a mobo that says what I mentioned at the first post and a ram at 2400Mhz then it will run just perfect but if I OC the rom to a higher frequency the mode will keep it down to the maximum frequency it supports. Which in this example is 2400 right?

Once the RAM is capable of being OCed further and the motherboard allows further OC frequency than the 2400 speed, then yes. What motherboard and RAM kit are we talking about?

[spirosbax]

Once the RAM is capable of being OCed further and the motherboard allows further OC frequency than the 2400 speed, then yes. What motherboard and RAM kit are we talking about?

i am talking about this ram : http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2133c10d-8gsr 

and about mobo i haven't decided yet but it is either this one : https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XMPLUS/ 

                                         or this one :http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4716#ov 

and i will throw a kaveri a8 7600 apu in there

[Leonard]

i am talking about this ram : http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2133c10d-8gsr 

and about mobo i haven't decided yet but it is either this one : https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XMPLUS/ 

                                         or this one :http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4716#ov 

and i will throw a kaveri a8 7600 apu in there

Boy it is really good that i asked....if you click on the QVL tab for the RAM you posted you will not see the Gigabyte motherboard listed as compatible which would indicate that the RAM may not be compatible with the GA-F2A88XM-D3H but it is compatible with the ASUS one. I am not sure how you chose this kit but the proper way to ensure that you won't get any compatibility issues is to use the RAM vendor's RAM configurator,i already did a compatibility search for you and it is linked GA-F2A88XM-D3H RAM and ASUS A88XM-PLUS RAM, .

 

Now what you should do is get one of the 1866 kits if you go with the Gigabyte MOBO, as 1866 is the highest tested frequency and then OC it to 2133/2400 or how ever high you can go before instability is reached. This is only for the Gigabyte MOBO, you shouldn't have any issues with the ASUS MOBO with your linked kit of RAM. Always use the RAM vendor's RAM configurator to get pre-tested compatible RAM for your motherboard as to eliminate compatibility issues.

 

I also hope you know that getting a stable RAM OC can take some time. Make sure to save your OCs in your BIOS profile, this way you will have the stored settings if/when you get BSODs.

[spirosbax]

Boy it is really good that i asked....if you click on the QVL tab for the RAM you posted you will not see the Gigabyte motherboard listed as compatible which would indicate that the RAM may not be compatible with the GA-F2A88XM-D3H but it is compatible with the ASUS one. I am not sure how you chose this kit but the proper way to ensure that you won't get any compatibility issues is to use the RAM vendor's RAM configurator,i already did a compatibility search for you and it is linked GA-F2A88XM-D3H RAM and ASUS A88XM-PLUS RAM, .

 

Now what you should do is get one of the 1866 kits if you go with the Gigabyte MOBO, as 1866 is the highest tested frequency and then OC it to 2133/2400 or how ever high you can go before instability is reached. This is only for the Gigabyte MOBO, you shouldn't have any issues with the ASUS MOBO with your linked kit of RAM. Always use the RAM vendor's RAM configurator to get pre-tested compatible RAM for your motherboard as to eliminate compatibility issues.

 

I also hope you know that getting a stable RAM OC can take some time. Make sure to save your OCs in your BIOS profile, this way you will have the stored settings if/when you get BSODs.

what do you think about this ram : http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c11d-8gxm 

with the asus mobo : https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XMPLUS/ 

and the a8 7600 apu :http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=99867&vpn=AD7600YBJABOX&manufacture=AMD&promoid=1443

everything is compatible right?

[Analog]

what do you think about this ram : http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c11d-8gxm

with the asus mobo : https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XMPLUS/ 

and the a8 7600 apu :http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=99867&vpn=AD7600YBJABOX&manufacture=AMD&promoid=1443

everything is compatible right?

 

Technically it should work fine, but unless you are planning on gaming on the APUs integrated graphics there is no point at all of buying high-end 2400MHz RAM for a budget system. Any 1600MHz RAM kit will be just fine. 

[spirosbax]

Technically it should work fine, but unless you are planning on gaming on the APUs integrated graphics there is no point at all of buying high-end 2400MHz RAM for a budget system. Any 1600MHz RAM kit will be just fine.

I am planning on playing some games on low - med settings. It's my first PC build and I have a really small budget. Also what would you suggest for a gpu upgrade with this system? R7 or r9 series? Or should I go with Nvidia? Oh and my motherboard already will work in dual graphics with the apu, so if I buy a graphics card will they work in triple graphics....? I am really confused

[Leonard]

what do you think about this ram : http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c11d-8gxm

with the asus mobo : https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XMPLUS/ 

and the a8 7600 apu :http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=99867&vpn=AD7600YBJABOX&manufacture=AMD&promoid=1443

everything is compatible right?

The APU and MOBO will have no issues but the RAM may have some issues as it is not listed for the A88XM-PLUS.

 

You can choose one of the 2133 kits with 1.6v in the Gigabyte's RAM list and then OC it to 2400 if you really need to.

[spirosbax]

The APU and MOBO will have no issues but the RAM may have some issues as it is not listed for the A88XM-PLUS.

You can choose one of the 2133 kits with 1.6v in the Gigabyte's RAM list and then OC it to 2400 if you really need to.

The mobo comes with xml profiles ready. It will support 2400, but I have to set it from the bios first... I think. At least that's what I have been told on this topic :

https://linustechtips.com/main/index.php?/topic/385263-What-does-PC-stands-for-in-mobo-description?

[Leonard]

The mobo comes with xml profiles ready. It will support 2400, but I have to set it from the bios first... I think. At least that's what I have been told on this topic :

https://linustechtips.com/main/index.php?/topic/385263-What-does-PC-stands-for-in-mobo-description?

I have never heard of a motherboard coming with XMP profiles, it is the RAM that comes with XMP profiles and the motherboard my be able to access a XMP profile in order to add them. Apart from the XMP profile that comes with the RAM you can further stably OC a RAM kit past the XMP profile which is a manual OC and you then store that in your motherboard's OC profile once the motherboard supports profiles.