Motherboard Memory Cap?

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Hi, I have a question regarding the MSI Z77A GD65 motherboard
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2332608

I am looking to buy faster memory for my computer and it says on my motherboard specifications that in order to be able to use 1866MGz and faster memory, I have to overclock. So my question is, can I use OCgenie on this motherboard to force it to use memory with higher speeds, or do I have to overclock manually? If I do have to overclock manually, then what exactly do I have to overclock? the motherboard? if so then how since i've never heard that you can actually overclock the entire motherboard.
Here are my full system specs

i7 3770k @ 4.2ghz
(2x) MSI GTX 680s SLI
Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram 1600MHz
Crosair TX850w PSU
Corsair Hydro H70 Liquid Cooling
Samsong 840 EVO 250gb
 
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All that is is the rated freqs, the typical 3770K can run 2400/2666 with a slight OC of the CPU, most can run 1866 with no CPU OC, and some can run 2133 w/o an OC....With 3570K builds I've normally used 1866 or 2133, and with 3770K builds it was more typical for 2133 or 2400
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That's so weird.....It even says the same thing (1333/1600MHz) for Intel 4770k as well and that's the best 1155 socket cpu on the market
 

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All that is is the rated freqs, the typical 3770K can run 2400/2666 with a slight OC of the CPU, most can run 1866 with no CPU OC, and some can run 2133 w/o an OC....With 3570K builds I've normally used 1866 or 2133, and with 3770K builds it was more typical for 2133 or 2400
 
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