Does GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R have XMP support?

[nicholas1972]

I am thinking of putting OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
(OCZ3T1600XM2GK) into GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R. Does anyone know if they are compatible? The compatibility list on the mb website is pretty small. The memory has XMP but would the memory work if the mb does not support XMP. I am planning to combine this setup with the e8600. I have not built a system in 5 years so I am a little behind the times. I am trying to make an easy to setup system. My thinking is change the fsb to 400 mhz that x10 would give me 4ghz and then just set an XMP profile and I am done. Can it be that easy? The combined cost of the mb cpu and memory is $605 not cheap but not that bad either. I am thinking that with this setup I could keep the 1:1 ratio and there will surely be quicker, cheaper, and higher capacity ddr3 down the road. Any replies or corrections would be appreciated.

 

[fitz58]

I have this board and I use memory that is not on the list(Patriot Extreme Performance DDR3 PC3-10666 Enhanced Latency) and it works perfectly fine .The memory you are referring to has XMP which is this definition :
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) is a memory technology developed by Intel and manufactured by Corsair[1] to compete with Nvidia's SLI Memory and Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP).
XMP simplifies memory overclocking by providing preset "profiles," such as "Low Latency" or "High Frequency." This removes the guesswork involved in overclocking by automatically defining timings, frequency and voltage for the end user. However, expert users can still manually adjust these settings. Also, XMP uses a "fail-safe default boot" feature, adjusting all values to JEDEC standard on boot, in case of instability caused by over-aggressive settings.
So with this knowledge in mind and this being the latest chipset out from Intel IMO (in my opinion) I'd would say yes it would work fine. As we all know there are way too many types and makers of memory for a MB maker to test all of them so the trial and error method with as much research as you can get is the gamble we take. All I can offer as certain knowledge is I have never ever heard of anyone hurting a motherboard by putting incompatible memory
in it, save your receipts and check to see return policies on hardware you want to take a gamble with.
Good Luck!