Silly question

[aggressiveGrey]

I have this motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4084#ov

Which states: Support for DDR3 1333 (O.C.)/1066/800 MHz memory modules

Now I have DDR3 1333 and i dont feel comfortable with overclocking.
So my question is, I know it will downclock to 1066 and works, but is this good practice / has any negative effects?

Regards

 

[sybertiger]

as far as i know
if u buy 1333 and set it at 1333 in bios it will work
as the ram is made to run at 1333 so you wont overclock it

as far as i know that "oc" means u can over clock 1066 ram to 1333

if u buys stock 1333 you should not have a prob

 

[aggressiveGrey]

Hmmmm will check the bios when i get home, not exactly sure how to do it but will look

 

[sybertiger]

when you turn on your pc spam "delete" your bios screen will come up

then just go trough everything till you find your ram setting,
and dont be scared just play around in there also if something goes wrong and it wont post
remove the battery for a few min start wiht out it turn off and put it back it
it will reset all your settings

i havent used a gigabite bois in years

used to have a G31

 

[The_Ogre]

Just put the DIMMs in, your board will set the speed according to the SPD table values

 

[AlexGouws]

Even if it does run at 1066 mhz instead of 1333mhz, you won't notice the difference at all!