What frequency ram should I use for intel i7 4770k
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Haswell processors like fast memory. I would get some DDR3 2133 cas 9 myself. GSkill or Corsair. 8GB would work but 16GB is better.
Something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231617&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231571&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
No overclocking just enable XMP in the BIOS and you are set.
Something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231617&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231571&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
No overclocking just enable XMP in the BIOS and you are set.
All you have to do is enable XMP ( Extreme memory profiles ) in the BIOS. It's literally 1 setting, enabled and disabled. And yes up to DDR3 2400 works fine. But that stuff is expensive and not a huge performance gain.
The kits I linked to are fairly low voltage at 1.6v and very quickly timed at cas 9. Either would be a great pairing with your 4770K.
CPU overclock and memory speed have not been linked on Intel processors since LGA 775.
The kits I linked to are fairly low voltage at 1.6v and very quickly timed at cas 9. Either would be a great pairing with your 4770K.
CPU overclock and memory speed have not been linked on Intel processors since LGA 775.
this is the motherboard i have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131980
in the specs it says 2800(O.C.)*/2666(O.C.)*/2600(O.C.)*/2500(O.C.)*/2400(O.C.)*/2200(O.C.)*/2133(O.C.)*/2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600/1333 MHz, im not really sure if that means i need to overclock to use those higher frequency rams can you explain im really a newbie at this
in the specs it says 2800(O.C.)*/2666(O.C.)*/2600(O.C.)*/2500(O.C.)*/2400(O.C.)*/2200(O.C.)*/2133(O.C.)*/2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600/1333 MHz, im not really sure if that means i need to overclock to use those higher frequency rams can you explain im really a newbie at this
It means the the Z87 chipset (the memory controller) "offficially" only supports up to 1600MHz RAM.
Which means, that Intel kinda guarantees that 1600 RAM will work stable. However, you should be good with RAM up to 2666 and even higher.
So, just check the manual for your motherboard. There is usually a really really long list with supported RAM modules in there. Just get one these and you should be fine.
I too would pick 2133MHz RAM. You usually won´t notice that much (if any) difference between 1600 and 2400 except when using benchmarks. BUT I´ve recently read that when playing BF4 you can indeed notice a FPS boost when switching 1333 to 2400 RAM.
Also, I´d probably grab 1.5V RAM. But that might just be me.
Which means, that Intel kinda guarantees that 1600 RAM will work stable. However, you should be good with RAM up to 2666 and even higher.
So, just check the manual for your motherboard. There is usually a really really long list with supported RAM modules in there. Just get one these and you should be fine.
I too would pick 2133MHz RAM. You usually won´t notice that much (if any) difference between 1600 and 2400 except when using benchmarks. BUT I´ve recently read that when playing BF4 you can indeed notice a FPS boost when switching 1333 to 2400 RAM.
Also, I´d probably grab 1.5V RAM. But that might just be me.
The memory controller is on the CPU not the motherboard and has been with Intel since the first gen Core 'i' LGA 1366 and LGA 1156. Intel has constantly improved that controller. With Sandy Bridge i5/i7 2xxx chips DDR3 1600 cas 9 was best. Moving to Ivy Bridge i5/i7 3xxx series there was a small boost going to DDR3 1866. Haswell, being a new architecture, likes as fast a memory module as you can give it.
Anandtech has done extensive testing on memory scaling. Here is their Haswell article.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell
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