i7 950 and 1600MHz Ram?

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breezephyr

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I have a PC being 'built' with following specs: Would the ram by default run at 1066? Or would pcspecialist tweak it to run at 1333?

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

Order No. 356431
 
Maestro

Maestro

Guest
The kingston ram is x.m.p (intel xtreme memory profile). xmp should be turned on in the bios so the ram will run at 1600mhz.
 
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breezephyr

Member
Thanks for the reply.
But is it that simple, I thought i7 950 only supports 1066MHz?
I read you'd have to reduce the core clock speed, otherwise it would be overclocked?
 
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breezephyr

Member
Should I have bothered with 1600?
Not that there was a hugh price difference lol.

Same goes for the SATA 6 Gb/s HD - bit pointless.
 
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Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
You would have been better getting the 1333mhz RAM if you're not overclocking the CPU but as you said there's not a big price difference so I guess it doesn't matter too much.
 
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