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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: lastnewbie on February 20, 2013, 07:39:16 pm

Title: GA-880GM-USB3 can handle a 1600 Mhz RAM?
Post by: lastnewbie on February 20, 2013, 07:39:16 pm

Hi, i'm new here and i have a question about my motherboard.
Is a GA-880GM-USB3 (rev 1.x), I want know if can works with a DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM because in the spec page says:

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Support for DDR3 1800 (OC)/1666/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)

but NO says about 1600 Mhz RAM.
can work?
I want buy this RAM:

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Super Talent Chrome Series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600Mhz, CL9

My PC:

• Motherboard: GA-880GM-USB3 (rev 1.x)
• CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055t
• HDD: 3 Seagate Barracuda SATA (500Gb, 1Tb,1.5Tb)
• RAM: Supertalent 4GB (2x 2GB) 1333 Mhz
• Case: Raidmax Quantum

Links:

• Motherboard specshttp://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3412#sp (http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3412#sp)
• RAM link: http://www.yoytec.com/product_info.php/cPath/26_35_139/products_id/8299

Sorry about my english, I need improve it.  ;D

Title: Re: GA-880GM-USB3 can handle a 1600 Mhz RAM?
Post by: autotech on February 21, 2013, 02:06:39 am

It does handle 1600 chips and in 4 gigs each slot if you wanted. As for those chips they arent on the supported list but most ram i use isnt on the list yet has never given me a problem. Myself id use them if that is what you can get cheap there it is DDR3 and you board has DDR3 of about 27 diggerent kinds so should be a safe bet.