Mr.Poko Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I wanted to buy a Gigabyte Z97-HD3 mainboard and an Intel i3-4160 processor. The question is if I buy DDR3 / 2400 (2x 8GB) memory can I setup XMP memory profile to make use of this faster memory… Some people tell me if I have an Intel processor which cannot be overclocked I have in the BIOS no access to the overclocking capabilities of the mainboard. The sales guy at the Panthip shop was not helpful at all…. So therefore I ask it here…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) For DDR3 2400 you pay nearly double the price of DDR3 1600. Would you not be better off spending the extra on a i5-4690 processor, rather than faster memory? Edited March 14, 2015 by kkerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Poko Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Here in Bangkok in Panthip the prices for 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3/1600 G.Skill Trident X is 5590 THB, and for the 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3/2400 G.Skill Trident X I pay 5890 THB..... What sis only a price difference of 300 THB Intel i5-4690 cost 7490 THB, which is 3610 THB more... for my application I only need single core performance, the Intel i3-4160 is probably the best single-core performance to price and performance... if I can pump the performance just a bit more with faster memory it would be helpful... Edited March 14, 2015 by Mr.Poko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Prices have come down a lot if it's now only a 5% premium for 2400 over 1600. Used to be much higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 and it probably doesn't help that I'm thinking DDR4 2400 pricing... Take a look at the Gigabyte site where you can download the motherboard manual and memory support list, and see if that gives you the info you require. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Poko Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 The DDR3/2400 memory is supported, the motherboard supports up to DDR3/3200 memory in OC mode. What brings me back to my original question, with modern Z97 BIOS systems some overclocking abilities are not available if you have a processor that is not overclockable. So if somebody has a motherboard with Intel Z97 chipset and a regular processor can you still use the Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) in your BIOS setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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