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Für diejenigen die noch den passenden Speicher suchen hat Techreport ein netten Speicherbenchmark durchgeführt.
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Of course, many enthusiasts who spring for a Core i7-920 will be looking to overclock by increasing processor's base clock speed. Turning up the base clock allows for faster memory speeds, and given that the 920's memory bus multipliers are limited to 6X or 8X, you'll actually need DIMMs capable of running at faster than 1066MHz if you intend to push the base clock above 178MHz. Whether it's worth springing for DDR3-1600 modules over more affordable DDR3-1333 DIMMs will depend entirely on the applications you use and just how high you intend to push the base clock. You'll need to reach at least 200MHz to run 1600MHz DIMMs at full speed, and not every Core i7 motherboard is up to that task.
In the end, Core i7 processors will certainly achieve higher levels of performance when paired with faster memory, but you don't lose all that much—particularly with games and common desktop applications—by running slower, more affordable DIMMs. That's good to know for folks looking at the relatively high prices of fancy triple-channel DDR3-1600 kits. However, if you're going to overclock, it's worth having the extra headroom that faster modules can provide.