Bought 1066 instead 1600mhz RAM

Tezeniz · Feb 25, 2015

So after some 20 min raging in BIOS because my "1600" RAM is running on wrong 1066...i checked once more the model of my RAM and i was shocked...instead of buying 1600mhz ram i bought 1066 one....now iam really angry, how could i be so blind... i got these 2 sticks G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066...

So my question is will 1066mhz have a big impact on my gaming performance?

sonofhendrix · Feb 25, 2015

Depends on what CPU you have. New cpus like Haswells would get bottle necked by such RAM.

VicVega1 · Feb 25, 2015

Nah, you propably couldn't tell the difference, plus those 1066 modules have better timings, so you should be good.

Tezeniz · Feb 25, 2015

i have fx 6300, i cant even describe how stupid i feel now, i wish i could get a refund for it...how would it run on that cpu then?

faalin · Feb 25, 2015

See if you can manually set them to a 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 T2 setting, G.skill is very good at overclocking and I would be very surprised if they wouldn't do that speed.

Tezeniz · Feb 25, 2015

are you sure? i mean i can try that but could thata damage my RAM? 1066 is better then dead one

faalin · Feb 25, 2015

if it doesnt work your board wont boot, all you will have to do is just rest the cmos to the default settings and you will be fine.

Tezeniz · Feb 26, 2015

but you can see the model of ram ive posted. it clearly is 1066, i dont know how i was so blind and unlucky to get such low ram...i really dont know what to do now, btw how would new stick of 1600 or 1866 run with these 1066 ones??

faalin · Feb 26, 2015

the higher MHz ram will clock down to the 1066MHz ram if you have both sets in.

VicVega1 · Feb 26, 2015

faalin :

IF it would even work together. Always a bad idea to mix RAM sticks with different specs.

Tezeniz · Feb 26, 2015

oh my...so im stuck with these 1066 sticks for some time then??? i cant believe this... so is it possible for that ram to kill some performance in gaming, also talking about this years gaming title, i dont know if some of you game or not...

VicVega1 · Feb 26, 2015

Tezeniz :

Sure we do

I get that your dissapointed, because you wanted something different, but it really doesn't make that big a difference. Plus, you propably have tighter timings on those 1066s, so you should be good. you wouldn't tell the difference while gaming, I'm sure, but if it bugs you that much, why don't you overclock them, like faalin and tea urchin suggested?

Tezeniz · Feb 26, 2015

well i guess you are right then, i should try to overclock them and see what that does for me, should i go for 1333? and how safe is it really to OC ram? never heard of it tbh...

VicVega1 · Feb 27, 2015

It's pretty safe. You should be able to set your RAM to 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 without touching the voltage, so there's nothing to worry about IMO. But if you still fear something may go wrong, I suggest you read about RAM overclocking, so that you understand what you're doing (it's best you do that anyway). Here's a good memory overclocking guide: http://www.masterslair.com/memory-ram-overclocking-guide-ddr3

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