ram and motherboard compatibility?

tristan wheeler

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Feb 5, 2014
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I was wondering if the MSI gd65 gaming motherboard is compatible with the 95$ tridentx 8gb dual channel ram from newegg? I only wonder this since on newegg the MSI board sais it supports 2400(oc) and I'm not sure if that means I have to buy 1600mhz ram and can over clock it to 2400 or if I can buy 2400 and run it at a lower speed until I can oc it back up to the 2400.