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wbjager · ‎05-12-2012

Question for anyone willing to help out.
I am looking to build a new system again and have been reading up here on some of the issues that can pop up.
I am hoping the CHV board I get will have a recent BIOS version and the only other thing that I am wondering about is the memory that I got a great deal on. Its G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory.

Now based on what I have read if the BIOS is current I should not have too much of an issue. But if you can let me know anything that may aid in a smooth POST I would greatly appreciate you help.
Cheers!

flearider · ‎05-13-2012

sniper is great mem ... you may have a prob running it at 2133 ..but it should be ok at 1866 .. just have to set the timmings manually

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Roadking · ‎05-13-2012

I have the same memory and my board would not post at 2133 without bumping the dram voltage to 1.6v. It posted at 1600 fine and took me a several attempts at 2133 before i read in a post to bump up voltage to 1.6v, default was 1.59v. Amazing what a very small increase can do.

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wbjager · ‎05-13-2012

Thanks very much guys! I really appreiciate the great info on here!
Probably will keep at 1866 for a while to make sure everything is running well.
Cheers all!

CHV+8150=2133 mem