- Oct 1, 2015
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Okay, so I'm in the process of building a cheap HTPC/light gaming rig (if it can run skyrim I'm fine, given the Radeon HD 5770 I had laying about... I should be fine)
But anyway, on the topic of the actual question.
For this build I'm using the Zotac H61MAT-A-E board - it can support DDR3 1066 and 1333, the CPU is an i5-3330S which can support 1333 and 1600.
The ram is Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb (x2) 1600 MHz with Timings of 9-9-9-24.
So the question is, will it underclock to 1333Mhz (if so at faster timings?) or will the CPU maximum memory speed override the motherboard limitation?
I would try this practically but I'm still waiting for some components, not to mention I still need to upgrade the bios on the motherboard with the patch for 22nm cpus (i5-3330S is on the official support list for the patch, I just need to either order a new BIOS chip with the appropriate version or an eeprom programmer that can take DIP-8 packages).
EDIT: as the title somewhat implies, I'm particularly interested in general information on this topic - I read conflicting things, some say the IMC overrides the mobo limits and others say it's the other way around, mobo dictates final memory speed.
the specific information for this particular usage case is of course interesting but so is the generic information - hence the vague title.
But anyway, on the topic of the actual question.
For this build I'm using the Zotac H61MAT-A-E board - it can support DDR3 1066 and 1333, the CPU is an i5-3330S which can support 1333 and 1600.
The ram is Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb (x2) 1600 MHz with Timings of 9-9-9-24.
So the question is, will it underclock to 1333Mhz (if so at faster timings?) or will the CPU maximum memory speed override the motherboard limitation?
I would try this practically but I'm still waiting for some components, not to mention I still need to upgrade the bios on the motherboard with the patch for 22nm cpus (i5-3330S is on the official support list for the patch, I just need to either order a new BIOS chip with the appropriate version or an eeprom programmer that can take DIP-8 packages).
EDIT: as the title somewhat implies, I'm particularly interested in general information on this topic - I read conflicting things, some say the IMC overrides the mobo limits and others say it's the other way around, mobo dictates final memory speed.
the specific information for this particular usage case is of course interesting but so is the generic information - hence the vague title.
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