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building the following system and i can't quite decide on the right memory. advice/opinions greatly appreciated.

CPU: 4770k
MB ASUS MAXIMUS HERO
Video Nvidia 760 2GB

I was looking at this memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231587

But it has a voltage of 1.65 where the processor is 1.5. Does that mean that i would have to OC the processor? Getting an error on PCPartPicker about the different voltages. Last time i bought memory was during the DDR2 days and i don't remember there being any voltage issues.
 
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I have the exact memory and motherboard running with no issues. At stock CPU clocks, you can overclock the memory by enabling XMP in the UEFI BIOS. I will automatically set the timings, speed and voltage(to 1.65V) 1.65V for memory 1866MHz and up are standard these days.
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I have the exact memory and motherboard running with no issues. At stock CPU clocks, you can overclock the memory by enabling XMP in the UEFI BIOS. I will automatically set the timings, speed and voltage(to 1.65V) 1.65V for memory 1866MHz and up are standard these days.
 
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awesome, thanks so much. Yeah, i haven't actually seen a UEFI BIOS yet....... motherboard i'm running from 5 years back didn't have it. i think it came out shortly after. This info is really invaluable. thanks again!
 
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Same here, my first contact with new BIOS was 3 months ago. Didn't have a clue what UEFI meant, I still don't really. But rest of the terms, XMP, PWM, C1E, C6, APM etc. Those I've looked up.
I'm guessing UEFI is something so win 8 boots faster? I'm not really that interested in getting win 8 so I don't care.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

Reading that, I just see support for over 2TB disks. A new term. MBT(master boot record) vs new GPT (no clue).

Rest is of no concern to me.
 
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