maximus VI hero ram capability

[Guest]

Hey guys,

So I was wondering if I could still use ram that wasn't listed in the ram capability lists in my motherboards user guide.

I want to use Kingston hyper-x beast 2400mhz 16gb (2x8gb) but its not listed in the manual, neither is G skills 2400 (2x8gb) ram.

The only 16gb kit I could find that is actually for sale here is A-data's kit but its way more expensive, otherwise its mostly 8gb kits.

Any help would be great!

Cheers









 

[fishymamba]

Yup they should work fine!

[WoodenMarker]

Yes.

 

Just wonder...WHY???

[srofai]

Hey guys,

So I was wondering if I could still use ram that wasn't listed in the ram capability lists in my motherboards user guide.

I want to use Kingston hyper-x beast 2400mhz 16gb (2x8gb) but its not listed in the manual, neither is G skills 2400 (2x8gb) ram.

The only 16gb kit I could find that is actually for sale here is A-data's kit but its way more expensive, otherwise its mostly 8gb kits.

Any help would be great!

Cheers

 

Be careful and go online and check the ram's QVL, I tried to get tactical tracer ram and my Hero motherboard wouldn't recognize it. In all fairness I may just have a bad board I started a rma yesterday and will be sending it back to ASUS on monday. Because it seems my mobo won't recognize any ram lol. But when I first contacted customer support they told me if it isn't listed in their manual and isn't on the rams QVL it won't work.

[Guest]

oh okay thanks, yeah I will have a look at the places selling the ram, is it better to have a 2x8gb kit or 4x4gb kit for a Hero? I still don't really understand it

[WunderWuffle]

oh okay thanks, yeah I will have a look at the places selling the ram, is it better to have a 2x8gb kit or 4x4gb kit for a Hero? I still don't really understand it

2x8GB because you can upgrade to 32 GB in the future.

[danthe1man1989]

Hey guys,

So I was wondering if I could still use ram that wasn't listed in the ram capability lists in my motherboards user guide.

I want to use Kingston hyper-x beast 2400mhz 16gb (2x8gb) but its not listed in the manual, neither is G skills 2400 (2x8gb) ram.

The only 16gb kit I could find that is actually for sale here is A-data's kit but its way more expensive, otherwise its mostly 8gb kits.

Any help would be great!

Cheers

 

This is the QVL list off the Asus website for 2400 mhz RAM. The kit you are looking at is here but it is in the 4 x 8Gb format

 

MAXIMUS VI HERO 2 2 0

DDR3 2400 Qualified Vendors List (QVL)

2 DIMM 4 DIMM

A-DATA AX3U2400GC4G10(XMP) 4GB DS - - 10-12-12-31 1.65 ● ●

A-DATA AX3U2400GW8G11(XMP) 16GB ( 2x 8GB ) DS - - 11-13-13-35 1.65 ● ●

Apacer 78.BAGFL.AFD0C(XMP) 8GB ( 2x 4GB ) DS - - 11-12-12-30 - ● ●

Apacer 783BAGF3.AFD0C(XMP) 8GB ( 2x 4GB ) DS - - 11-11-11-30 - ● ●

CORSAIR CMGTX8(XMP) 8GB ( 4x 2GB ) SS - - 10-12-10-30 1.65 ● ●

CORSAIR CMZ16GX3M2A2400C10 (Ver4.21) 16GB ( 2x 8GB ) DS - - 10-12-12-31 1.65 ● ●

CORSAIR CMZ16GX3M4A2400C9R (Ver4.13)(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 2400 9-11-11-31 1.65 ● ●

G.SKILL F3-19200CL10Q-32GBZHD(XMP) 32GB ( 4x 8GB ) DS - - 10-12-12-31 1.65 ● ●

G.SKILL F3-19200CL11Q-16GBZHD(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 11-11-11-31 1.65 ● ●

G.SKILL F3-19200CL11Q-16GBZHD(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 11-11-11-31 1.65 ● ●

G.SKILL F3-19200CL9D-4GBPIS(XMP) 4G ( 2x 2G ) DS - - 9-11-9-28 1.65 ●

G.SKILL F3-19200CL9Q-16GBZMD(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 9-11-11-31 1.65 ● ●

GEIL GET34GB2400C9DC(XMP) 4GB ( 2x 2GB ) DS - - 9-11-9-27 1.65 ●

GEIL GOC316GB2400C10QC(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 10-11-11-30 1.65 ● ●

GEIL GOC316GB2400C11QC(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 11-11-11-30 1.65 ● ●

Kingston KHX2400C11D3K4/8GX(XMP) 8GB ( 4x 2GB ) SS - - 11-13-11-30 1.65 ● ●

KINGSTON KHX24C11K4/16X(XMP) 16GB ( 4x 4GB ) DS - - 11-13-13-30 1.65 ● ●

KINGSTON KHX24C11T2K2/8X(XMP) 8GB ( 2x 4GB ) DS - - - 1.65 ● ●

KINGSTON KHX24C11T3K4/32X(XMP) 32GB ( 4x 8GB ) DS - - 9-9-9-24 1.65 ● ●

Patriot PVV34G2400C9K(XMP) 4GB ( 2x 2GB ) DS - - 9-11-9-27 1.66 ●

Patriot PXD38G2400C11K(XMP) 8GB ( 2x 4GB ) DS - - 11-11-11-30 1.65 ● ●

Patriot PXD38G2400C11K(XMP) 8GB ( 2x 4GB ) DS - - 2400 11-11-11-30 1.65 ● ●

Team TXD38G2400HC10QBK(XMP) 8GB DS - - 10-12-12-31 1.65 ● ●

 

The Ram you are looking at should be fine

[Guest]

oh okay, I just thought quad channel memory like 4x8gb and 4x4gb were different and made for quad channel motherboards rather than dual channel motherboards, that's where im getting confused

Also the codes are slightly different on the Kingston ram, KHX24C11T3K4 on the list but the 2x8gb 2400 kit is KHX24C11T3K2 which has different timings, I think its 11-13-13

 

 

 

[WunderWuffle]

Quad channel and dual channel mean nothing, well at least it's just marketing. Dual channel motherboards can still use quad channel ram if it has a max of 4 dimms.