Note: this is not a shopping recommendation request
I want to buy a nice and fast RAM and a motherboard that supports it.
Lets say that I would want to take this RAM (2400MHz), and put it into this board. The board's specification says:
Support for DDR3 2800(OC)/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
How should I read this? Can I just plug in that RAM without worries or will something have to be overclocked to unlock the full speed of the RAM? Which would be no issue I guess, I'm just confused about the cryptic semantics.
Best Answer
What is meant by "OC" (Overclocked) varies depending on what exactly the vendor means. Yes it is ambiguous, and the only way to know for sure is to contact the manufacturer or vendor and obtain clarification. There is no "standard" way for it to mean one specific thing all of the time.
It could mean:
OR
OR
It could really mean anything, but syntactically, "OC" expands to "Overclock" or "Overclocked".