Mother board help???

Question

i want to get this mother board. but i have one question the mother board is 1600 MHz. does that mean i have to get ram which 1600 MHz and processor which is 1600MHz etc. or can i muddle is up. e.g. mother board 1600 MHZ, ram 1066 MHz, processor 1333 MHz.

Answer 1

1600 is the maximum speed (for the front side bus), you can use whatever you want with it otherwise. You generally want your ram to be as high performance as possible.