My RAM is too fast for motherboard

[chillpod]

I got b450 tomahawk motherboard but it's max memory speed is DDR4-3466 and my memory is DDR4-3600. Is it not safe for me to put it in my motherboard? Will the ram speed go down to DDR4-3466 , because I am fine with that.

 

This is the ram I bought: https://www.newegg.com/oloy-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820821167?Item=N82E16820821167&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3a%2f%2fpcpartpicker.com%2flist%2f&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-JmOFbl3aipS3OdMrDYDkOA

[Jurrunio]

There is no memory speed that's high enough to be dangerous to the hardware, just try run it

[NelizMastr]

You're likely CPU limited more than you are motherboard limited. Most Ryzen 3rd gen chips will do 3200-3466 fine, 3600 takes some tinkering on some.

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47 minutes ago, chillpod said:

I got b450 tomahawk motherboard but it's max memory speed is DDR4-3466 and my memory is DDR4-3600. Is it not safe for me to put it in my motherboard? Will the ram speed go down to DDR4-3466 , because I am fine with that.

That limitation was never caused by the board, it was a limitation of 2nd Gen Ryzen because the Memory Controller is on the CPU, so it depends on what CPU you're putting in there, 2nd Gen has difficulty going above 3200mhz, though it may overclock to 3466mhz in *special circumstances* but that's as far it's possible to go and it's never recommended because it's rare to get it to work, while 3rd Gen Ryzen can do 3600mhz easily.

 

It won't hurt the board regardless, it just won't boot if it's incompatible, that's all.

[Vejnemojnen]

3 hours ago, _Syn_ said:

That limitation was never caused by the board, it was a limitation of 2nd Gen Ryzen because the Memory Controller is on the CPU, so it depends on what CPU you're putting in there, 2nd Gen has difficulty going above 3200mhz, though it may overclock to 3466mhz in *special circumstances* but that's as far it's possible to go and it's never recommended because it's rare to get it to work, while 3rd Gen Ryzen can do 3600mhz easily.

 

It won't hurt the board regardless, it just won't boot if it's incompatible, that's all.

Friend of mine Managed 3600Mhz CL16 with Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 3000Mhz 2x8gb kit, on a B450 board with 2600 Ryzen...

 

Though later he tested the same sticks of RAM with another 2nd gen cpu: 2700, and it did not work above 3200.. So, not impossible to go for 3600, but, gamble.

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22 minutes ago, Vejnemojnen said:

Friend of mine Managed 3600Mhz CL16 with Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 3000Mhz 2x8gb kit, on a B450 board with 2600 Ryzen...

 

Though later he tested the same sticks of RAM with another 2nd gen cpu: 2700, and it did not work above 3200.. So, not impossible to go for 3600, but, gamble.

May be not impossible but it would be even rarer than 3466mhz, we're talking tiny percentages.