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High-end RAM on low-end MB

Loeffner
By Loeffner
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Hello everyone,

 

I own the Gigabyte P55M-UD2 with an i5 760. 

I want to buy new RAM and a new GPU (R9 390x) now and may in one year upgrade the CPU and MB. 

Now could I buy fast RAM so I don't have to pay twice? Or would I get problems because the mainboard does not support it?

Or does it simply run at lower speeds?

 

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"High End Ram." Not so sure if such a thing exists. Just buy 1600 mhz cas 9 ram and you'll be fine if your mobo supports it.

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Ram is ram. You spend $1 or even $100 dollar, ram is still ram. Ofc others works better then others, that choice is up to you to make ahah.

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"High End Ram." Not so sure if such a thing exists. Just buy 1600 mhz cas 9 ram and you'll be fine if your mobo supports it.

 

Sorry I should have made clear what I meant.

 

I am aiming for DDR3 1866 CL 9

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As long as it's DDR3, you shouldn't have any problems, if it's """fast RAM""" it'll ran at the fastest JEDEC profile

 

 

What does your mobo support?

I think this is what you're looking for:

2200 MHz, 1333 MHz, 1066 MHz, 800 MHz

 

It is this one

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Just get 1600MHz RAM. It makes no difference in gaming.

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Just get 1600MHz RAM. It makes no difference in gaming.

 

But the Board does not support 1600MHz either? And 1866 is  not more expensive...soo.. I would prefer to buy the faster one.

I just wanted to know if its fine to put the RAM mentioned above in the MB.

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But the Board does not support 1600MHz either? And 1866 is  not more expensive...soo.. I would prefer to buy the faster one.

I just wanted to know if its fine to put the RAM mentioned above in the MB.

Yeah. It'll just down clock it to a required frequency.

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But the Board does not support 1600MHz either? And 1866 is  not more expensive...soo.. I would prefer to buy the faster one.

I just wanted to know if its fine to put the RAM mentioned above in the MB.

Support for DDR3 2200/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules

 

Your board does support higher frequency ram. Even if it doesn't you can still put higher frequency ram , it will just run at the frequency the mobo supports.

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