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6700 RAM Compatibility

Richtofen_
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I was wanting to improve my old prebuilt's PC stock motherboard and DDR3 ram that it came with. I currently have a locked i7-6700.

On Intel's website, it says the limit is only up to DDR4-2133 but i've seen people have builds with DDR4-2400 or DDR4-3000 even. Apparently you need a Z170 mobo...

 

I just wanted to confirm and see if I am able to buy a 3000 mhz kit that works with my CPU and next mobo.

 

(some motherboards i'm considering if it helps)

1. MSI Pro Series Intel Z270

2. ASUS H110M-E/M.2

3. ASUS PRIME H270-PLUS

(those are just only a few, still not sure on which board to get)

 

the sky is up

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2 minutes ago, Richtofen_ said:

but i've seen people have builds with DDR4-2400 or DDR4-3000 even. Apparently you need a Z170 mobo...

that's called overclocking. You need a board with chipset that supports overclocking to run high speed memory.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

that's called overclocking. You need a board with chipset that supports overclocking to run high speed memory.

So if I want to overclock RAM, I need the Z170 mobos? (I'm probably wrong)

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2 minutes ago, Richtofen_ said:

So if I want to overclock RAM, I need the Z170 mobos? (I'm probably wrong)

z270 should also work. But yes you are right, Z-series is needed.

I only see your reply if you @ me.

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9 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

z270 should also work. But yes you are right, Z-series is needed.

Alright, thank you both for your help.

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