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I'm not entirely sure how it works, because as I said, the motherboard simply wires the memory straight up to the CPU (and provides power). The only way it'd not be able to support faster speeds is if it has an inferior electrical connection, which doesn't make much sense.
If my memory serves me well, the way the newer processors (intel) overclock is through the multiplier only. The Core i7-2600K for example says it only supports DDR3 1066/1333...But that doesn't really make sense either, so I dunno. With DDR3 1600 though, something he can do is reduce the latency if he's running lower clocks.
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