Hi everyone i am going to build a new pc soon and was doing a lot of research to pick the right components.I am planning to get an i7 4770 non k cpu along with a z87 motherboard preferrably.Now my question is that z87 boards support memory rated upto 3000mhz so can i run memory rated at 1866mhz or above on this cpu with xmp profile enabled in the bios or is cpu overclocking mandatory to run higher clocked memory in which case i will just get 1600mhz memory.I have got confused after reading an anandtech article which states that
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell
"Avoid DDR3-1333 (and DDR3-1600)
While memory speed did not necessarily affect our single GPU gaming results, for real-world or IGP use, memory speed above these sinks can afford a tangible (5%+) difference in throughput. Based on current pricing, after the Hynix fire, it may be worthwhile, as memory kits above DDR3-1600 are now around the same price."
Also i have seen that h87 boards only support memory upto 1600mhz but they also support xmp profile ,what's the use of enabling xmp profile on h87 boards if they can't run higher clocked ram .
I have been thinking about this a lot so i hope that this thing gets cleared.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell
"Avoid DDR3-1333 (and DDR3-1600)
While memory speed did not necessarily affect our single GPU gaming results, for real-world or IGP use, memory speed above these sinks can afford a tangible (5%+) difference in throughput. Based on current pricing, after the Hynix fire, it may be worthwhile, as memory kits above DDR3-1600 are now around the same price."
Also i have seen that h87 boards only support memory upto 1600mhz but they also support xmp profile ,what's the use of enabling xmp profile on h87 boards if they can't run higher clocked ram .
I have been thinking about this a lot so i hope that this thing gets cleared.