CPU/Mobo Corsair Vengeance + H67 mobo

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rakesh_ic

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Hi Guys,

As i have chosen the i5 2500 (non K version as i am not an overclock enthusiast) and already bought corsair Vengeance 2x4 GB kit (1600 MHz), i was planning to buy a Asus H67 board.

As the H67 boards have the memory frequency 1066, 1333 MHz notified in thier specs, i am confused if the vengeance can be used with the H67 board at all?? And will it run on its full potential even if the board accepts the kit??

Please pour in your inputs and suggestion for a good mobo.
 
By itself the board may detect the RAMs to be 1333mhz. At max you will have to manually set it in bios.. otherwise there will be no problem
 
rakesh_ic said:
Hi Guys,

As i have chosen the i5 2500 (non K version as i am not an overclock enthusiast) and already bought corsair Vengeance 2x4 GB kit (1600 MHz), i was planning to buy a Asus H67 board.

As the H67 boards have the memory frequency 1066, 1333 MHz notified in thier specs, i am confused if the vengeance can be used with the H67 board at all?? And will it run on its full potential even if the board accepts the kit??

Please pour in your inputs and suggestion for a good mobo.
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I have an H67 ASUS mobo and a pair of Corsair XMS3 RAMs clocked at 1600 MHz.

But if I try to overclock them to 1600 MHz in BIOS then the computer doesn't boot.

But if set to 'Auto mode' then in overclocks to1373 MHz at max, so take your call buddy. Anand Tech site had benchmarked RAMs clocked at different speeds and found that 1600MHz RAM was pretty good.

I would suggest you to buy the 1600 MHz RAM as there would be negligible difference in the price when compared to a 1333 MHz version of the same make.

Hope it helps.
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so u mean to say if the board recognises the RAM kit to be 1333, we will have to set it manually in the bios to make it a 1600 MHz.. am i correct in my understanding??

does this harm the board or the memory in any way??

cooleagle said:
I have an H67 ASUS mobo and a pair of Corsair XMS3 RAMs clocked at 1600 MHz. But if I try to overclock them to 1600 MHz in BIOS then the computer doesn't boot. But if set to 'Auto mode' then in overclocks to1373 MHz at max, so take your call buddy. Anand Tech site had benchmarked RAMs clocked at different speeds and found that 1600MHz RAM was pretty good. I would suggest you to buy the 1600 MHz RAM as there would be negligible difference in the price when compared to a 1333 MHz version of the same make. Hope it helps.
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its already a 1600MHz RAM kit. the question here is not the speed of the RAM, but the compatibility of the RAM (1600MHz) with the H67 chipset mobos
 
rakesh_ic said:
so u mean to say if the board recognises the RAM kit to be 1333, we will have to set it manually in the bios to make it a 1600 MHz.. am i correct in my understanding??

does this harm the board or the memory in any way??

its already a 1600MHz RAM kit. the question here is not the speed of the RAM, but the compatibility of the RAM (1600MHz) with the H67 chipset mobos
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Dude you are mixing it up !
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Even if you put 1600 MHz RAM or even 1866 MHz RAM then it won't, as you say 'harm' your H67 motherboard in anyway.

But it'll only be able to use 1333 MHz of the total capacity.

But given the negligible price difference between the 1333 & 1600 MHz RAM I suggested you to buy the 1600 MHz RAM as its very VFM on the basis of cost to performance ratio.

What I meant to say is I have a similar config & I can't overclock my RAM to 1600 by using the BIOS as #mrcool63 just told above my post.

Hope you understand now.
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cooleagle said:
Dude you are mixing it up !
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Even if you put 1600 MHz RAM or even 1866 MHz RAM then it won't, as you say 'harm' your H67 motherboard in anyway. But it'll only be able to use 1333 MHz of the total capacity. But given the negligible price difference between the 1333 & 1600 MHz RAM I suggested you to buy the 1600 MHz RAM as its very VFM on the basis of cost to performance ratio. What I meant to say is I have a similar config & I can't overclock my RAM to 1600 by using the BIOS as #mrcool63 just told above my post. Hope you understand now.
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"so u mean to say if the board recognises the RAM kit to be 1333, we will have to set it manually in the bios to make it a 1600 MHz.. am i correct in my understanding??

does this harm the board or the memory in any way??

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the above part wasnt a reply to your post and was addressing to the earlier post (by mrcool63) than urs.. sorry if i messed (mixed) it up with the reply to your post.

And I am clear about the bottleneck with the H67 boards and i guess i might go with a P67/Z68 depending on the price difference.. TY for your time..

Also, let me know if i really need to think of a higher mobo or shall i go ahead with the H67 taking the price diff into consideration.
 
Well personal experience trumps general experience.. i would still recommend 1600mhz rams though as #cooleagle advised.. firstly they are priced only Rs100 higher or so.. and further when you upgrade they will be of more use..

Why dont you tell us the budget for your motherboard and we can recommend you a good one that supports 1600mhz in that range
 
#mrcool63 He plans to get the Corsair Vengence, had PM'd me.

OP, get the Ripjaws instead, as #chiragthakur had told me to go for them instead of the Vengence.
 
vivek.krishnan said:
#mrcool63 He plans to get the Corsair Vengence, had PM'd me.

OP, get the Ripjaws instead, as #chiragthakur had told me to go for them instead of the Vengence.
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dont get the vengeance.. the original one with tall heatsinks has very flimsy plastics, not to mention its tall heatsink which will obstruct coolers... the gskill however has smaller heatsink, oc's much better and has black pcbs'...
 
vivek.krishnan said:
AFAIK, XMS3 1333 RAMs clocked to 1600 have issues, even here on my AMD machine. At 1333 though, no problems.
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Buddy do you mean that XMS3 1600 MHz RAM has issues being overclocked from 1333 Mhz to 1600 Mhz ?

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You meant to say that over clocking of XMS3 1333 MHz to 1600 MHz causes issues on your machine ?

If its the former then it means that its a XMS3 1600 MHz RAM specific issue and if I swap then for let's say any other company's RAM then I can overclock my RAM to 1600 MHz using my BIOS ?

Please clear it out as I may change my RAM modules if its a Corsair XMS3 RAM issue.
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cooleagle said:
Buddy do you mean that XMS3 1600 MHz RAM has issues being overclocked from 1333 Mhz to 1600 Mhz ?

OR

You meant to say that over clocking of XMS3 1333 MHz to 1600 MHz causes issues on your machine ?

If its the former then it means that its a XMS3 1600 MHz RAM specific issue and if I swap then for let's say any other company's RAM then I can overclock my RAM to 1600 MHz using my BIOS ?

Please clear it out as I may change my RAM modules if its a Corsair XMS3 RAM issue.
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I have a pair of XMS3 rated @1333, overclocked them to 1600. If you have a pair of 1600's, running by default @1333 and you run them @1600, then technically, you are overclocking the IMC and not the RAM modules.

Anyways, #sunny27 had told me that overclocking XMS3 resulted in BSOD's. His friend had done the same.
 
vivek.krishnan said:
I have a pair of XMS3 rated @1333, overclocked them to 1600. If you have a pair of 1600's, running by default @1333 and you run them @1600, then technically, you are overclocking the IMC and not the RAM modules.

Anyways, #sunny27 had told me that overclocking XMS3 resulted in BSOD's. His friend had done the same.
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Yep I meant overclocking the IMC to the full supported speed of the RAMs @1600 MHz but didn't write it correctly before. For one sec I thought my RAMs were faulty & all along I was believing that it was running at 1333 MHz due to IMC limitations, but it turns out it actually was IMC limitations indeed.
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Thanks for clarifying buddy ! So my memory modules are A OK !
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