H87 vs. Z87 high performance RAM

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Since H87 boards do not "support overclocking" (whatever that means), is it possible to run them with high performance memory? Let's say that I buy some DDR3-2133 sticks and have the BIOS automatically select the memory settings, will it pull the info of the stick and run it at that speed or will it clock the memory at DDR3-1600 speeds?

In other words, if I need high memory throughput on a machine, do I need to get a Z87 board, even though I have no interest in overclocking the CPU?

 

[Cmustang87]

I'm puzzled as to why you would buy "high performance" RAM, and not be overclocking...?

 

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After checking some benchmarks it does seem like trying to increase system performance of memory intensive applications by increasing memory frequency has no impact on performance. On old Pentiums in the 90's this used to make a hell of a difference.

In other words, there's only a reason to get a Z87 board if overclocking.