Should know this by now, 1333, 1600, and a question.

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gregpxc

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So I am shopping around (black friday/cyber monday of course!) and I realized a couple things about my custom desktop build and RAM.

So basically, almost a year ago I built myself a nice AMD machine. It runs an AMD Phenom 1055T, Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h, 4 gb Kingston 1600 RAM (more on this in a sec) and a 1TB WD HDD. No dedicated graphics at this time, however, it's next on the list.

So, my question/concern is this. I installed the 1600 RAM thinking that all RAM was created equal. As of late I have learned otherwise. My motherboard doesn't technically support 1600 but it does support 2000(OC),1333,1066 and the 1600 RAM has been installed for a long time and runs just fine. Is the difference going to in any way shape or form harm my hardware (cpu, mobo, etc)?

If it's fine, then there's a newegg black friday deal that I think I may have to pick up. I just want to make sure running 1600 RAM isn't detrimental to my system first. Also, if the mobo is compensating the RAM is pushing the RAM to 2000 or 1333?

Thanks!
 
It's not a problem and won't hurt it. Your computer will just underclock the RAM to an acceptable speed.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
It's not a problem and won't hurt it. Your computer will just underclock the RAM to an acceptable speed.
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Thanks for the quick response, looks like I found a dependable community! Two of these kits would be a good deal am I right?

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Looking to to get the most RAM out of about $60... with graphics after xmas
 
gregpxc said:
So I am shopping around (black friday/cyber monday of course!) and I realized a couple things about my custom desktop build and RAM.

So basically, almost a year ago I built myself a nice AMD machine. It runs an AMD Phenom 1055T, Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h, 4 gb Kingston 1600 RAM (more on this in a sec) and a 1TB WD HDD. No dedicated graphics at this time, however, it's next on the list.

So, my question/concern is this. I installed the 1600 RAM thinking that all RAM was created equal. As of late I have learned otherwise. My motherboard doesn't technically support 1600 but it does support 2000(OC),1333,1066 and the 1600 RAM has been installed for a long time and runs just fine. Is the difference going to in any way shape or form harm my hardware (cpu, mobo, etc)?

If it's fine, then there's a newegg black friday deal that I think I may have to pick up. I just want to make sure running 1600 RAM isn't detrimental to my system first. Also, if the mobo is compensating the RAM is pushing the RAM to 2000 or 1333?

Thanks!
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Your board supports 1600. It will probably boot at 1333. Just go into the bios and manually set the speed/timing and voltage.
 
harrymark said:
I can not say 1600 is better for the future cause it is not. Nothing is, in the future new ram will show up new specs ..etc so you can only judge on the current situation.
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As far as I can tell, we are talking about a current situation. you cant buy memory that hasnt been released yet.


harrymark said:
as for the overheating thing, my knowledge tells me that overheating occurs due to higher voltage. and it wont overheat cause they are cooled by a nice heat sink on them unless you get the voltage to its limits. i do not know what are the limits, but i think you must not get them to 1.7 ..you can overclock with the voltage is like 1.5-1.6 no problem. but overall the 2 things I really want to know is which is better 1333 or 1600 (now and future) and when I do overclock do I run a HUGE risk of overheating the 1600mhz!
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Who said anything about heat? Most boards default memory to 1333 by JEDEC standards. If you have 1600/1866/2133 memory, you just have to manualy set the default speed/timing and voltage in the bios. Your not overclocking anything really.
 
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