To Rob Wiliams:
Thanks for you help - the DDR-1600 might be useful in a year when CPU prices come down and INTEL scale Core i7 down to 32 nm, and perhaps give everyone unlocked multipliers for next Christmas.
The 166 MHz overclock is interesting as many people are swooning over 200 MHz BLCK...
Will my DDR3-1600 work with locked Core i7 920
Hi Rob,
Thanks for your reply. I am still not sure however. I did read the article but you used a Core i7 965 where the CPU and memory multipliers are unlocked and adjustable for most DDR3 memory, so I don't know what will happen with...
Do I have to overclock DDR3-1600
I have a Core i7 920 plus a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 on the way and wanted to buy DDR3-1600 memory, for the future if I can get a faster CPU, with an unlocked core multiplier, in a year or two.
Problem is will the DDR3-1600 memory work if the BCLCK is 133 Mhz and...