I assumed what I bought was average memory. What is average memory? Is it a function of the mobo? Is avg memory any memory on a mobo that does not havean OC by it in the memory specs? I am trying to figure all this out (newbie to building a pc and caring about speeds; in the past I have built pc s but from the cheapest previous generation technology components with the idea of simply working; now I am attempting to build with the current generation of technology).
I bought the memory naively thinking that I could *simply* use it as it states on the label, @1600. It looks like from this discussion , this is not so. It looks like for me to use this memory and achieve this speed, I will have to invest in the purchase and do the discovery and research to install a separate HSF.
So I ask you overclockers, what would be a good HSF to put on top of my I7 920 to get a 1600 memory speed?
So that I can better understand: if I did not get the HSF, am I right in concluding that the memory speed I would get -if I get the P6T - is whatever the standard memory spec states without OC, apparently 1333?
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6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 Memory
Triple channel memory architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
*Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.
*Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors Lidts).
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=179&l3=815&l4=0&model=2731&modelmenu=2