Recent content by AndrewJBeard

Thanks everyone. The reason I'm asking is that Dell have a sale on an i7-860 system here in the UK but only offer 1066Mhz RAM with it, despite the fact that they sell1333Mhz parts specifically for that system as an upgrade. (Thus far my attempts to convince the sales rep of this fact have...

What is the impact of pairing a Core i7 860 on a LGA1156 platform (which supports up to 1333Mhz memory) with 1066Mhz memory (assuming standard timings)? Will the 1066Mhz memory affect the speed of the CPU or other components sat on the motherboard (i.e. are the base clock rates linked)? Or is it...