Will DDR3 1600 MHz work on Intel i7-2600 3.4Ghz

[Ragesh]

Hi,

Does a DDR3 1600 MHz RAM ( 8GB x 4 = 32GB kit from Gskill) work along with i7 2600 3.4ghz as i7 has support DDr3-1066/1333 as per specs . My mobo is Asus P8Z68-V PRO(as per QVL) and currently running 16 GB Ram kit from gskill.

Kindly suggest, as I am finding it difficult to get 1333Mhz (32GB kit) in India and all vendors ask me to go for 1600 Mhz.

Thanks
Ragesh

[Tradesman]

Yes, should be fine

[Ragesh]

Thanks Tman for a quick reply.
But do I need to make any settings change in Mobo to use 1600 in conjunction with i7-2600 or will the mobo run 1600 as 1333 mhz ?. My requirement is physical ram as I really dont care abt the speed.
I am asking you this becoz I donot want to run into any issues wrt to CPU though Mobo specs supports this 1600 RAM.

Thank you
Ragesh

[Ragesh]

*Correction my basic requirement is Memory , dont really care abt speed.

[Ragesh]

**And my CPU is i7-2600 and not i7-2600k

[Tradesman]

With the non- 'K', for 32GB can try 1600 (if there's a problem can drop to 1333), 1333 might be better

[Ragesh]

But can I set the ram to work at 1333 instead of 1600. Is it done in the bios of mobo kindly let me know.

[Tradesman]

Yes, actually by default, may load at 1333, not sure of your mobo default