Will this Motherboard Support 1866Mhz RAM?

Christopher Aubert

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I'm building a budget Gaming Intel PC (Links down below) and the motherboard I wanted to use was a MSI B85-G41 and aparently the motherboard supports up to 1600Mhz RAM. The RAM I want to use was a pair of G Skill Ripjaws X Series running at 1866Mhz. CPU is an Intel i3-4150. Will the RAM still run at 1866mhz? Will the clock speed be reduced? Will the RAM not run at all? Let me know what you think!
Thanks!
-Chris

PC Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FKB623
Motherboard: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85g41pcmate
RAM: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f314900cl9d8gbxl
CPU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34150
 
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If you're going to use a discrete GPU (video card), you don't need 1866MHz.

Games (and some other tasks) don't benefit much from high bandwidth RAM. There's barely any difference using 1066MHz or 2400MHz, even using DDR4.

Brunostako

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The core i3 maximum supported ram speed is 1600MHz, but this can be override using the XMP profiles (which all high speed RAM have now). Just make sure the Motherboard supports XMP profiles, if it doesn't, you'll be limited to 1600MHz.
 

Christopher Aubert

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Thanks for the Response!
So, does the motherboard support XMP profiles? I've tried looking around, and I can't even find the word, which would leave me to believe it doesn't support it. I might just have to stick to 1600Mhz :/
 

Brunostako

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If you're going to use a discrete GPU (video card), you don't need 1866MHz.

Games (and some other tasks) don't benefit much from high bandwidth RAM. There's barely any difference using 1066MHz or 2400MHz, even using DDR4.
 
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