does my motherboard support?

squeeeaky · July 16, 2014

I'm planning to get an MSI Z87 G45 gaming motherboard with the Kingston HyperX Fury (8GB DDR3 1866MHz CL10) RAM, but i didn't find the memory at the compatibility list of the motherboard. Would it be an issue? It won't work at all? Thanks guys in advance!

Altecice · July 16, 2014

Normally you are fine even if the RAMs not listed but if you want 100% piece of mind. Change to RAM that is on the list.

seiny · July 16, 2014

I'm planning to get an MSI Z87 G45 gaming motherboard with the Kingston HyperX Fury (8GB DDR3 1866MHz CL10) RAM, but i didn't find the memory at the compatibility list of the motherboard. Would it be an issue? It won't work at all? Thanks guys in advance!

It'll work but try and get CL9 RAM instead, if you can, it's quicker.

LogicalDrm · July 17, 2014

There are too many different ram kits to include in any compability chart. And so many mobos also. Basic things you need to check when choosing right ram is:

- Version. New stuff is DDR3

- Max amount of Gb's and sticks. For Gb's its usually 32Gb and for sticks its 2-8 depending on form factor.

- MHz. This is usually shows as list where 1333 and 1600 are defaults (new stuff) and others have OC tag. Remember to also check that mobo supports XMP etc.