Recommend me some RAM for this motherboard

psurg

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It's a GA-78LMT-USB3

Memory types supported:
DDR3-1333 (O.C.), DDR3-1066

I'm not sure which kind of ram I can get for this board. Do I have to tweak anything if buy 1333Mhz ram? Will RAM at that speed hinder me in gaming?

I'm going to use this with an OC'd FX 6300 & 7950 for gaming with Battlefield 4 in mind.

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Blain

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If I were shopping for high quality memory, I would use the following parameters as a guide...

* DDR3 rated at 1.5v or lower
* DDR3 rated at the lowest CAS I could afford
* DDR3 rated at the highest clock speed I could afford
* Limit the scope of my purchease to G.Skill, Mushkin, Samsung, Corsair XMS or Crucial (non-Ballistix)

While not wavering on the voltage point, I would balance the other issues with my budget.

Remember, my goal is not pure "benchmarking" performance, but simply finding the highest quality memory I can afford. ^_^
The only reason I pay a premium for low latency, high speed, low voltage memory is...
Quality and quality alone.
1.5v is the JEDEC DDR3 voltage standard.
Stay with 1.5v or less if you can afford it..
:colbert: What he said
 

aigomorla

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2x4GB sticks... anything that is cheap and @ 1.5V which is DDR3.

U dont need premium ram on today's cpu when all u can do is multi flip...
However id stick to the reputable vendors.

infact ram overclocking / overvolting is sort of dead on the non "-E" platform.