Sustained Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Ram Guy, I have been reading many posts with great advice and came across and interesting issue involving Intel's warranty on their CPUs. As I started looking for parts I noticed on Intel's website they list DDR3-1066/1333 as speeds compatible with their units: http://ark.intel.com/products/52210/Intel-Core-i5-2500K-Processor-%286M-Cache-3_30-GHz%29 However, using the Corsair selector it recommends 1600/1866: http://www2.corsair.com/configurator/product_results.aspx?id=1872993 I am trying to build an Intel i5 2500K or i7 2600k on a ASRock P67 EXTREME6 (B3) which I can find great deals on and want to find 8 or 16GB of Corsair memory and a Corsair PSU to run one and eventually two GTX 560 Ti's. Many posts on various sites like Newegg stated as soon as Intel found out they used faster than 1333 memory they would not honor the warranty on the 2nd generation processors and issue an RMA. Is that a known issue with the recommended Corsair memory 1600/1866? Budget is an issue so I would like to maintain warranties as much as possible on all parts. Corsair has been good to me in every rig I have every built and I need a reliable PSU and memory. What would you recommend as I work on my desktop and want to be able to play the mainstream MMOs on my 24" LCD monitor NOT on low settings! Thanks in advance, I have to go back to work now.... :eek: Sustained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Corsair's ram runs at slower speeds as well, it has stock SPDs built on the chip so Intel can say whatever they want, as far as they are concerned you ran the memory at 1333 and they have no way to prove otherwise so dont even worry about it. its all smoke and mirrors from them trying to not warranty their product. carry on :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustained Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 That's lame on their part! So does it matter which recommended set I get from the Corsair selector 1600 vs. 1866? Is 16GB overkill using Windows 7 Pro? Reading some of those posts about epic fail RMA attempts from Intel really sucks. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated as I want Corsair memory and PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 6, 2011 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 6, 2011 I would suggest using our Vengeance line of modules as they are made for and tested on this chipset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 So does it matter which recommended set I get from the Corsair selector 1600 vs. 1866? Not really! Keep in mind it will be up to your processors memory controller as to whether or not they will run at 1866 mhz. 1600mhz is pretty easily obtainable with just about any recent processor. Is 16GB overkill using Windows 7 Pro? That would depend on what you plan on using your rig for. If your just using it for gaming then 8 gig's would be plenty. If you do video encoding/rendering or other applications that use large amounts of memory, then 16 gigs would suit you just fine. In fact if you are if you do encode alot of videos or work with large files, you may want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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