Will the B250 Mainboard run 2400 MHz ram at 2400 with a 6th generation intel processor?

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Fahim_avalon

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I have a core i5 6500 cpu and a 2400 MHz DDR4 Ram, which on my B150 mobo runs at 2133 MHz. Now I saw that the B250M mobo runs DDR4 Ram of 2400 MHz at 2400 MHz along a 7th gen intel cpu. The question is if I plugged my cpu and ram on a B250 mobo, will it run my ram at 2400 MHz?
 
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No, XMP will not result in 'full throttle' of the CPU.

CPU generations (by itself) does not 'control' RAM speed. The Chipset does. The Z170 (and Z270) chipset supports speeds >3000MHz, but the B150, H110 & H170 were limited to 2133MHz. The 200 series changed that a little, to a max 2400MHz on some of the H's & B's.

A significant difference? It'll depend on your actual use, but generally, no.
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Sir, doesn't enabling the XMP Profile result in full throttle of the cpu all the time? Apart from this, is it certain that no other ways exist ?
I actually didn't get the fact why CPU generation would control running a ram at 2400 or 2133 MHz.
Furthermore, is there any significant difference in between running a 2133 MHz ram and 2400 MHz ram in performance ?
 
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No, XMP will not result in 'full throttle' of the CPU.

CPU generations (by itself) does not 'control' RAM speed. The Chipset does. The Z170 (and Z270) chipset supports speeds >3000MHz, but the B150, H110 & H170 were limited to 2133MHz. The 200 series changed that a little, to a max 2400MHz on some of the H's & B's.

A significant difference? It'll depend on your actual use, but generally, no.
 
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