Seeking mainboard recommendations (now: Gigabyte H55-USB3)

[Richard Pieri]

On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> 
> My only remaining issue is that the Corsair-branded memory modules (part
> number CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) come up as 1066MHz rather than the advertised
> 1333MHz.  That was true on the MSI motherboard as well, so I think I need to
> exchange these two RAM chips as well.

This could be the BIOS being conservative.  I have 4x2GB OCZ rated 4-4-4-12 at 2.2V but the BIOS defaults to the more conservative 5-5-5-15 at 1.9V -- which causes them to fail for insufficient power.  They run flawless with the BIOS set manually to 4-4-4-12 at 2.1V

--Rich P.