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Originally Posted by MooseMan3000
That's what I said. I was wondering why RAM came in higher frequencies when motherboards and processors did not.
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Because people that want to run the memory bus on their motherboards overclocked will often buy memory that is guaranteed to be stable at the overclocked speeds. If you buy memory that is specced at 220Mhz DDR, then you'll
know that you can run your memory bus at 220Mhz DDR and not have any issues.
Overclocking is when you run
beyond the specs of a particular component. It's risky and often fails because of the simple reason that you're trying to exceed the specifications of what you purchased. Buying memory specced at a high speed not only gives you some headroom for future upgrades, but also helps to guarantee that your RAM isn't the part of your system that is preventing you from that sw33t overclock.