2400MHz, will it hurt?

Ledwards · 5 Aug 2014 at 22:03

I'm thinking of buying a new motherboard and RAM to match because it's all that's left in my machine that needs upgrading. My question is, will it hurt to use Corsair Vengeance Pro RAM at 2400MHz on a motherboard that doesn't say it supports this speed, or will it just be limited to the highest motherboard speed?

I ask because for some reason the 2400 is cheaper than the 2133 at the moment so I thought I might as well!

These are the items in question:
http://www.************/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-pro-series-red-pc3-19200-(2400)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-11-13-13-3

http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/990FXAGD65.html#hero-overview

Thanks in advance guys

McstylisT · 5 Aug 2014 at 22:08

Hi

My advice would be yes, grab the faster stuff and just run it at what speed your board will allow. If you do upgrade in the future you'll be sure to have the ability of 2400mhz. Not that it would make much difference.

NoNameNoNumber · 5 Aug 2014 at 22:09

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Nickolp1974 · 5 Aug 2014 at 22:09

Hi welcome to the forums, you will be fine, if it wont run at 2400 just change the ram speed in bios to 2133 and then tighten the timings to cas 10-12-12-31

Ledwards · 5 Aug 2014 at 22:10

McstylisT said:
Hi

My advice would be yes, grab the faster stuff and just run it at what speed your board will allow. If you do upgrade in the future you'll be sure to have the ability of 2400mhz. Not that it would make much difference.

So it shouldn't do any harm then? Is there anything I need to do to make sure it runs at 2133 or will it just automatically be limited because of the board?

And one more thing, I heard somewhere that running any RAM over 2000MHz is pointless because it can't use it, is that true? Or are computers quite capable of running at 2133/2400?

Ledwards · 5 Aug 2014 at 22:13

NoNameNoNumber said:
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Ahh yes so I see, woops sorry!

Well essentially it's Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2400MHz and an MSI 990FXA-GD65

Rroff · 6 Aug 2014 at 01:10

Its not pointless to run over ~2000MHz but with current platforms the gains typically drop off a lot once your past 1866MHz.

One advantage of 2400MHz stuff is that often you can get them running 2133MHz at nicely tightened timings if you don't have support for 2400MHz.