Rambler Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hi, Im currently running 1600Mhz RAM (XMP) in my Asus P7P55 Deluxe motherboard which is based on the Intel P55 chipset. I was wondering if its possible to run 1866Mhz or 2000Mhz DDR3 in this board just by using XMP settings and not overclocking. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 27, 2012 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 27, 2012 It is still over clocking on this platform with any frequency above DDR1333. XMP just allows it to be done automatically. And in answer to your question it will depend solely on the CPU in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 I'm running an i7 880. Details can be found here http://ark.intel.com/products/48500/Intel-Core-i7-880-Processor-(8M-Cache-3_06-GHz) What are the chances of running anything faster? Corsair lists 1866 and 2000Mhz as compatible but I dont know if that's reliant upon overclocking or just using the XMP Profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 XMP is overclocking. it stands for eXtreme Memory Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 27, 2012 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 27, 2012 I am not real familiar with that CPU and how well it over clocks and even if I was I would not be allowed to tell you how to over clock sorry. I would search for that CPU and a keyword like reviews and see what other reviewers have been able to get with it. or check at http://www.overclocker.com.uk I think they used to keep a table of CPU's and how well they over clocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Just to clarify, XMP up to 1866 requires no increase in BClock which means you won't be OCing the CPU cores. But as RAM GUY noted, anything above 1333 on the memory is OCing the memory controller. 2000 will require a 143 BClock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Just to clarify, XMP up to 1866 requires no increase in BClock which means you won't be OCing the CPU cores. But as RAM GUY noted, anything above 1333 on the memory is OCing the memory controller. 2000 will require a 143 BClock. Thanks, that was the answer I was after. It looks like I'll be going for 1866Mhz memory and just adjusting the XMP Profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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