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Difference between mobos with "OC" shown vs. not for its RAM specs

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Xpred

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I have been researching several motherboards lately. Some of the lower non-premium motherboards show a "OC" next to its RAM speed specifications compared to a higher price "premium" motherboard. For example, an ASUS P6T SE motherboard that I currently have shows this:

DDR3 2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066

Compared to a P6X58D Premium motherboard:

DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066

What does this mean exactly? Does this mean the premium motherboard can support a higher speed WITHOUT overclocking?

I plan to run my RAM at it's rated speed of DDR3-1600. Would this mean that a less expensive motherboard is slightly inferior in terms of trying to run RAM at those speeds? I've seen this on many, many motherboards comparing them with less expensive ones to more expensive ones. Is there an advantage or disadvantage? Or is this all just marketing gimmick?

Thanks.
 
Technically anything beyond 1333 is considered as oc mem. The fact that ASUS does not mention this on their web page for the P6X58D Premium is due to negligence. In the board’s manual however the specs are written correctly.
 
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