can there be a compatibility issue with a cpu and ram?

[dragonfly522]

I have asked this question on a different forum and I want to see if I get a different answer. I want to buy a cpu, an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE, with DDR3 1600 MHz RAM. I am pretty sure of the answer, but I got a different answer than what I thought it would be before this. So, is there a ceiling to the amount of ram speed that a cpu can handle? I think no, and I was told that the motherboard is what determines the compability. I have read the specs on the mobo mfr websites for the mobos that I want and I see that they only support certain speeds of ram. But that's not what I am talking about. I just want to confirm what I was told that the cpu and the ram need to have a certain compatibility regarding the speed of the ram.

 

[Rocko]

I have asked this question on a different forum and I want to see if I get a different answer. I want to buy a cpu, an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE, with DDR3 1600 MHz RAM. I am pretty sure of the answer, but I got a different answer than what I thought it would be before this. So, is there a ceiling to the amount of ram speed that a cpu can handle? I think no, and I was told that the motherboard is what determines the compability. I have read the specs on the mobo mfr websites for the mobos that I want and I see that they only support certain speeds of ram. But that's not what I am talking about. I just want to confirm what I was told that the cpu and the ram need to have a certain compatibility regarding the speed of the ram.

That processor is an AM3 socket CPU, so it utilizes DDR3 RAM, any speed.