I am having a helluva time figuring out what kind of memory to buy for this board. I am not going to O/C at all but almost none of the memory listed in their QVL doc makes sense. They list a whole bunch of 3 and 6GB 3-stick sets but this is a 1156 board... wtf? There are only 9 4GB 2-stick options out of about 40 options @ 1600MHz.
According to the memory QVL:
"Due to Intel spec definition, X.M.P. DIMMs and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only."
Ummm... So does this mean if I buy DDR3-1600 sticks I can only use 1 in each channel? If so, can I simply down-clock the sticks to 1333 and run 4 sticks in dual channel?
and
"According to Intel CPU spec, CPUs with a core frequency of 2.66G support the maximum DIMM frequency of up to DDR3-1333. To use DIMMs of a higher frequency with a 2.66G CPU, enable the DRAM O.C. Profile feature in BIOS."
Again, does this mean DDR3-1600 sticks down-clocked to 1333 won't need the OC profile turned on?
Thanks for any info...
According to the memory QVL:
"Due to Intel spec definition, X.M.P. DIMMs and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only."
Ummm... So does this mean if I buy DDR3-1600 sticks I can only use 1 in each channel? If so, can I simply down-clock the sticks to 1333 and run 4 sticks in dual channel?
and
"According to Intel CPU spec, CPUs with a core frequency of 2.66G support the maximum DIMM frequency of up to DDR3-1333. To use DIMMs of a higher frequency with a 2.66G CPU, enable the DRAM O.C. Profile feature in BIOS."
Again, does this mean DDR3-1600 sticks down-clocked to 1333 won't need the OC profile turned on?
Thanks for any info...