Which Memory For a 6700K

[Mingwaaa]

Hi guys, i have a 6700k which i manage to score quiet cheap, and i'm having trouble figuring out which type of ram i could use giving that the fact that i can use both the z170 motherboards and also the z270 motherboards, am i right in saying that the z170 motherboards only support 2133Mhz? and z270 only supports up to 2400mhz which the skylake chips.

If any of you fine people could give me some insight as to which memory and motherboards to use which would benefit my system would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[bgibbz]

Both z170 and z270 supports XMP, so you can get any ddr4 ram. Do you plan on overclocking the CPU?

[Mingwaaa]

Just now, bgibbz said:

Both z170 and z270 supports XMP, so you can get any ddr4 ram. Do you plan on overclock the CPU?

I will be planning on overclocking the CPU at some point, i quiet like the look of the trident RGB ram, but i dont know if it would using the full potential of it.

[airdeano]

the intel platform support 2133MHz by default. anything higher in speed is an 'overclocked' amount. so using 3633MHz can be done, but the XMP or manual setting to make it fast as advertised is necessary.

what is needed? depends on computers usage. gaming 2400-2600 is fine. using applications like adobe or heavy-threaded apps, then faster can be beneficial.

[bgibbz]

2 minutes ago, Mingwaaa said:

I will be planning on overclocking the CPU at some point, i quiet like the look of the trident RGB ram, but i dont know if it would using the full potential of it.

As I said both z170 and z270 boards support ALL frequencies of ddr4 through XMP. I suggest getting a z170 board, something like the Asus z170a should work great. 

[Mingwaaa]

Is there any benefits to using a z270 board or would it be hindering performance or compatibility? 

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9 minutes ago, Mingwaaa said:

am i right in saying that the z170 motherboards only support 2133Mhz? and z270 only supports up to 2400mhz which the skylake chips.

That's just the base memory specification. Anything over those is considered an "overclock," but in most cases will work fine.

 

If you were to buy a DDR4-3200 kit, for instance, it would run at 2133 MHz on a Skylake system when you first boot it up until you enable XMP in the BIOS. Provided the motherboard supports that frequency, it should then detect the correct settings to run at 3200 MHz on the next reboot.

[Damascus]

Go for it, the TridentZ RGB will work to it's max speed and look awesome

6 minutes ago, Mingwaaa said:

Is there any benefits to using a z270 board or would it be hindering performance or compatibility? 

No issues, they just tend to cost a bit more

[Mingwaaa]

Just now, Damascus said:

No issues, they just tend to cost a bit more

Thank you.

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, Mingwaaa said:

Is there any benefits to using a z270 board or would it be hindering performance or compatibility? 

It wouldn't hinder anything. The main benefits I can think of are support of optane for cache and 4 more pcie lanes from the chipset (which doesn't matter much). Optane hasn't seemed to be too good though so unless the two are the same price z170 is fine.

[Mingwaaa]

Would this motherboard have XMP on it?

[airdeano]

RAM has the XMP profile, the mobo just reads/adjusts the settings for the RAM specification.

[Mingwaaa]

1 minute ago, airdeano said:

RAM has the XMP profile, the mobo just reads/adjusts the settings for the RAM specification.

Right i see now, thank you very much for your help.