Help a noob! Motherboard & 1800Mhz memory

TCK85 · Dec 29, 2008

Hi all!

I have Asus Maximus Extreme Motherboard X38, can i install This memory: Corsair Dominator TWIN3X2048-1800C7DFIN, PC3-14400, 2GB Kit 7-7-7-20, 240pin DIMM. But my mobo supports 1600Mhz

Thanks in advance!

DaedalusHelios · Dec 29, 2008

I would say yes as the memory will have settings that apply to 1600Mhz aswell.

I am not sure how far you could push the memory through Overclocking though. If anything you could tighten the Cas latency timings a little bit thanks to the high grade RAM.

But yes it should do fine.

Asylum · Dec 29, 2008

Yes that will work with your board!!

TCK85 · Dec 29, 2008

Wait a sec, i'll have to change somthing in bios? or it will work on 1800 from the begining?

Asylum · Dec 29, 2008

Your board will do Memory Standard DDR3 1800(O.C)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066
Default will be 1333 you will have to overclock it to get 1800

TCK85 · Dec 29, 2008

Damn it! How to do this, the easy way???

spearman914 · Dec 29, 2008

TCK85 said:
Damn it! How to do this, the easy way???

Put the mem in. Then go into the bios and change the ram to 1333 MHz. Then boot in windows. Reboot, go in bios and change it back to 1800. If that doesn't work tighten timings and up voltage. IDK why u have to change back and forth but that's how it works.

erocker · Dec 29, 2008

There is no "easy way" I suggest you check out some Asus Maximus threads and overclocking tutorials to familiarize yourself with overclocking your board. Learn, then it should become easier.

kysg · Dec 29, 2008

erocker said:
There is no "easy way" I suggest you check out some Asus Maximus threads and overclocking tutorials to familiarize yourself with overclocking your board. Learn, then it should become easier.

+1 never hurts to do a little reading. a little can go a long way.

AMG · Dec 29, 2008

I might need to do that, should run with your boared but not full speed

spearman914 · Dec 29, 2008

AMG said:
I might need to do that, should run with your boared but not full speed

Well ram is does not have a significant impact on performance. So underclock it to 1333 mhz for now until you learn how to do stuff by urself.

TCK85 · Dec 29, 2008

Ok! Thanks all

DaedalusHelios · Dec 31, 2008

The ram speed being high mainly impacts how far you can push your processor. Just from my experience. Unless you have a high multi Extreme processor.

spearman914 · Dec 31, 2008

DaedalusHelios said:
The ram speed being high mainly impacts how far you can push your processor. Just from my experience. Unless you have a high multi Extreme processor.

Good point there. That's why u may need to set a lower divider in some cases.

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