Will underclocking F3-16000CL9T-6GBRH to 1600mhz work on a ASUS P6T SE motherboard

[azure-wrath]

Hello, I am making a new build and so far I have a i930, ASUS P6T SE motherboard, and I am planning to get the Noctua NH-D14 air cooler. I have three quick questions. I need Ripjaws because the Tridents and PIs won't fit under the DH14 according to Noctua because it will block the first memory sloth heatsink...

1. I know you can't use F316000CL9T-6GBRH on ASUS P6T SE motherboard at 2000Mhz, but I read that you can underclock it to 1600Mhz (7-7-7-20) 1.6v. If I do that will I be able to use it on my motherboard.

2. If not, I would like to get to get F3-12800CL7T-6GBRH 1600Mhz (7-7-7-24-2N), but I live in the U.S. and can't find it anywhere. Where can I get it?

3. I will be using the 2nd, 4th, and 6th memory sloth, so will F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI fit under the NH-D14 or will it block those as well?

[GSKILL TECH]

1. Yes, DDR3-1600 7-7-7-21 should be fine.

2. G.Skill F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-335-_-Product

These are the closest available.

3. Should fit the cooler.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[azure-wrath]

That's great news! So what would yo u recommend F316000CL9T-6GBRH running at 1600Mhz 7-7-7-21 at 1.6 or F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI running at 1600Mhz 7-8-7-24-2N at 1.5v. The ripjaws would have lower timings but higher voltage and the PI have higher timings but lower voltage? I am planning to OC the i930 to 4.0Ghz.

[GSKILL TECH]

If you're using the P6T SE, I would just get the G.Skill F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI. This will keep CPU temps and stress low, to allow for better overclocking. Your system should be very fast!

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[azure-wrath]

newegg is out of F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI, have they been discontinued? It looks like there's a new F3-12800CL6T-6GBPI that runs at 6-8-6-20-2n at 1.6 volts...will it work at 1.5v with the same settings as the F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI?

[GSKILL TECH]

Yes, those will work at the same settings. The CL7 is just temporarily out of stock.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[jagger333]

wait why can't you run 2000 on P6T motherboard? I'm actually trying that without success. would like to know if this is proven so i don't need to try anymore.

[GSKILL TECH]

It is difficult on the P6T vanilla motherboard especially. This is why they came out with so many later revision models that better support DDR3-2000 such as the Deluxe, Deluxe V2 (2000 approved), and other models that are made much better to support high memory frequencies.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH