Ram 1600MHz on 2500k?

now up to 2333MHz!!! but okay. i was a little worried there. i dont understand why they cant be simple and just say min-max.

Best answer selected by marshal11.

Just make sure not to run 1.65v memory. It voids the warranty through Intel.

Anything over 1.5v will void the CPU warranty.

The memory controller is on the CPU with Sandy Bridge chips and as such it is really a waste of money going over DDR3 1600 speeds. The onboard memory controller just does not need higher speed memory and there is only a tiny gain and generally only in synthetic benchmarks. Real world is just fine with 1.5v DDR3 1600 cas 9.

Full benchmarks.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-...