Why buy >1600MHz?

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Is DDR3 with a core speed of >1600MHz only worth buying if you are going to overclock it? I am intending on purchasing a Z87 chipset later this year, which only support up to 1600MHz unless the memory is OC, and wondered if I was missing something, or is >1600MHz REALLY only of any use if the user intends to configure the memory clocks themselves? Also, I am aware that memory can be volatile and highly susceptible to damage, with that in mind, is there any evidence to say that OC'ing memory has a substantial effect on its expected life?

Thanks in advance!
 
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Faster or high freq DRAM isn't really being OCed, it's designed to run at it's spec speed, where the OC comes in is DRAM 1866 and above may require a slight OC of the CPU to run effectively at that freq...Have yet to see a single thing that shows high freq DRAM has any ill effect on CPU life expectancy. My 2500K has been running OCed (4.8 almost since the day I got it (before they were released, over 2 + years ago)) and running with 1866/2133 DRAM the entire time (32GB of 2133/9 for over a year now is the latest)
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well higher memory clock speeds don't give a huge performance in everyday task but in like memory intensive tasks it will. for ocing higher clocked memory isn't always needed but can be helpfull if you are pushing you oc. Also ovverclocking does make the products life shorter but not much as long as you don't make it run extremly hot or go insane on you oc and push it to its extreme limits. just to let you know i have a pc here with a p4 ocd with 400mhz (that was huge then) and ram ocd with 66mhz (motherboard was limited to 333mhz so made it run in that way at 400mhz) and there is no problem with that machine at all. also just make sure that your memory isn't cheaply made by an unknown company.
 
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Faster or high freq DRAM isn't really being OCed, it's designed to run at it's spec speed, where the OC comes in is DRAM 1866 and above may require a slight OC of the CPU to run effectively at that freq...Have yet to see a single thing that shows high freq DRAM has any ill effect on CPU life expectancy. My 2500K has been running OCed (4.8 almost since the day I got it (before they were released, over 2 + years ago)) and running with 1866/2133 DRAM the entire time (32GB of 2133/9 for over a year now is the latest)
 
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Thank you very much - I have also since read that anything >1600MHz has virtually no effect on games, and as an above poster pointed out, has more use when performing other tasks such as video rendering.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute, you have all been helpful, and my question has been answered!

 
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