Quote Originally Posted by Lpwned View Post
1066 is with a locked multiplier. It is not the fastest that an I7 can handle.

I disagree that a system could not be built to handle 25 wow windows looking forward. The SB EX will support 8 cores (16 threads) and 4 sockets (64 threads) with a memory limit in the terabytes.

I do however agree that such a system would be massively inefficient on the cost side.

im a little slow on pc knowledge sometimes ... are you saying basically if you do not plan to Overclock there is no need to buy more than 1066 ram for a 6 core i7 chip ?

i was looking at 1600 becuase the MB i was looking at supported 1600 without overclocking ... but didnt realize I7 chip limited it by default to less than that ?

am i reading what yall are saying correctly that any ram over 1066 is a waste with an I7 chip even if MB states it can go up to 1600 wthout Overclocking