Hi! :)
I'm referring to the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5. I've numbered the different sections of my questions :D
Okay so...
1. On the motherboard specs it says "Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules".
On the memory support list there are 1600MHz and 2000MHz modules listed.
I emailed Gigabyte support and they replied with:
"About the issue you mentioned, due to the spec of MB, if you used a 1600MHz or 2000MHz memory module, it will be downgraded to 1333MHz."
Now, I guess my question is...
I've heard about this RAM overclocking to get RAM to run at a speed higher than what the motherboard has defaulted to.
Is this what I would have to do in this scenario to make it run at 1600/2000?
Or is it not possible and the RAM will just run at 1333? In this case, I might as well save money and buy slower RAM...
2. Also, on the i7 950...under the CPU specifications:
Intel® Core
Memory Types DDR3-800/1066
Does that mean that RAM will only run at 1066 at the fastest? Or is that just the recommended types. Again, is there a way of overcoming this (assuming the cpu will bottleneck the RAM)?
3. On another note...Is it possible to use 3 dual channel kits or 3/6 single channel kits instead of one triple channel kit for triple channel RAM? I'm not sure if there's something special about triple channel kits or if they're just 3 identical RAM sticks.
4. Last question, does it all even matter? I'm not planning to overclock my computer so will I even notice the difference between 1066 and 2000 MHz RAM during normal use/gaming/photoshopping?
Sorry for the rather newbish questions. I've never had to deal with all this before and trying to Google this information proves to be very complex :P