DDR3 1866 Ram

Hi, After installng the RAMs, clear the CMOS. Then install CPU-Z and check the default speed. Check also the SPD options and the XMP one.

Set it to 1866 and setup RamCache. The more hz, the better.

You may or may not be able to select 1866mhz as a speed option in Bios; I can't say for certain with your particular MB. The most common situation has 1600mhz as the maximum available memory speed. You may or may not be able to change this by increasing the base clock frequency of the CPU. If that is the case, the new options for the memory speed would be the product of the CPU base speed multiplied by whatever numbers had previously given 1333, 1600, ect as options.

There is no downside to installing faster memory, if the motherboard lists it as being a model of RAM that is supported and recognizable. Worst case is it downclocks to the allowed specs. Best case is even if it does so, your BIOS is advanced enough to recognize the situation and will tighten up the memory timings where possible. For example, my board will reset my RAM latency to 8-8-8-20 if I leave my 1866mhz Crucial modules downclocked to 1600mhz with "automatic" selected for the latency speeds. This actually seems to make more difference from the 9-9-9-24 timings than running the higher clock would.

I guess I'm also concerned about stability. I read that if not done correctly the system would crash and blue screen regularly...would that be a possibly if I leave everything on default/auto? Or would I have to adjust the voltage, timings, etc.. ?

Best answer selected by aalansari.

My mobo is listed under the ram's qualified list and it's a 1.5V.

Thanks for your help!!