[NAME] de Oro​   Thank you once again, Chino.As for the 8930 system you ALL gave me endless patience and support on, I've done everything you asked and I keep returning to these weird issues. I gave it a month of devotion with you guys' help, and my wife grew impatient with my efforts, hehe! She's going to use it to do her light stuff and photo stuff so all the fans, new NVMe, and Windows 11 will all be more than sufficient.I'll stick with the DDR5-4800 per your advice! Have you heard anything with respect to Corsair Vengeance working on these systems? I did like the lower latency of their RAM (for whatever it's worth), but again, just want to do it right.
With my 8930 being demoted in its old age and wear-n-tear, the wifey has given me a green light to bump up to the 8960 (i7-13700). Oh yeeaah.Question on RAM: Can the VJFWR i7-13700 processor utilize any speed above the DDR5 4800MT/s? -OR- Is there ANY benefit at all to having slightly faster RAM above that speed? I've read it ONLY depends on the CPU spec, and will just downclock.I will start with 2x16 (32Gb), and I had ordered the Crucial DDR5 5600MT/s (stated on Crucial website as compatible: (CT32G56C46U5) from a local vendor on a matched price deal that was actually cheaper than the 4800 dual sticks. By the time I had gotten there, the last had been sold so they gave me a free bump up to the Corsair Vengeance. Not sure, but having gotten a little re-assurance from a techy there and the 'lower latency' spec as a selling point on the Corsair, I went ahead and accepted it.Now that I'm home, I found that the Corsair website says NOTHING about compatibility with the XPS 8960 systems. I want to keep everything correct and not do anything stupid.Should I just stick with the Crucial DDR5-4800 (CT2K16G48C40U5) matching dual channel sticks, and not worry about any potential gains (if any) from the 5600MT/s?Thank you.
XPS 8960, i7-13700: RAM Selection