does a motherboard have limitations on ram speed?

ShindoSensei · Jul 9, 2013

I was planning on buying Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 2133MHz, but the motherboard I plan on purchasing, the ASUS Sabertooth Z87 lga 1150 said 1886 is the limit. I'm not sure if it means normal ram limits, and the corsair dominators are overclocked out of the box, or if I cannot buy that ram if i buy that motherboard.

BranFlake5 · Jul 9, 2013

The ram will work, just not at the advertised speed. I believe if you overclock the chipset and CPU, you can get it up to that speed. I don't recommend ram over 1866Mhz, the performance increase is very marginal and the extra price doesn't justify the slight performance. But yes, Both items should work together.

iiTzzDeFuze · Jul 9, 2013

It will work just fine but it will just under clock by itself.

Intel God · Jul 9, 2013

Most Z87 boards are able to do over DDR3 3000 so you have nothing to worry about. My OC formula has a preset for DDR3 4000

Tradesman1 · Jul 9, 2013

Intel God :

____________________________

Wouldn't that be fun?

Know you have strong sticks, how high have you tried?

Intel God · Jul 9, 2013

Tradesman1 :

My tridents crap out over DDR3 3000 with 1.75v. I wont dare push it higher

Tradesman1 · Jul 9, 2013

Don't blame you, was hoping though

Intel God · Jul 9, 2013

Tradesman1 :

:lol:

Im waiting for the 2933's to come down under 300. Some guys were saying over at XS that they're 3100+ capable at 1.70v

Tradesman1 · Jul 9, 2013

Hopefully soon, haven't heard anything on the IC supply, maybe I'll drop them a line tonight (for me) after they get in in the morning (for them)

ShindoSensei · Jul 11, 2013

Intel God :

Question is, does that extra ram speed make much of a difference?

Tradesman1 · Jul 11, 2013

Depends on what you do, but I'd say a definite yes, and think Intel God will agree, if all you do is email and a single thing at a time, then No, 1600 is plenty

ShindoSensei · Jul 11, 2013

so the leap from 1886 to 2133 is fairly large considering what's at stake? These are the two ram sets I'm considering:

http://www.frys.com/product/7651597

and

http://www.frys.com/product/7651627?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Of course the price difference is kind of big, considering my newegg specs of the asus sabertooth z87 the mobo doesn't go past 1866. Didn't say anything about OCing tho. How hard is it to OC to 2133 and is it really much of a leap?

Intel God · Jul 11, 2013

The biggest difference you'll see with fast memory is higher minimum frame rates in gaming and benchmarks

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