Does QVL list matter?

[Ziyowhie]

Just a quick question, is there any instances where a person who bought a ram kit that is not on the qvl does not work?

 

Reason for asking is I am planning on building a Ryzen rig and some of the kits that are cheap at the moment in the market aren't listed in mobo's qvl's.

[Crunchy Dragon]

If RAM isn't on the QVL list, then it just won't work at its maximum potential.

 

For Ryzen, I'd go for whatever the cheapest 3000-3200Mhz RAM is that's on the QVL.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

I've never had a problem so you'll likely be fine but it doesn't hurt

[seon123]

Kits that are on the QVL have just been tested by the manufacturer. 

Still, a kit that's on the QVL might not run at it's rated speed, and a kit that's not on the QVL might run at it's rated speed. 

[LienusLateTips]

Personally I just buy whatever and it's always just worked.

[senorbolsa]

The QVL is just what the vendor has validated to work with a particular piece of hardware, testing methodology can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and even between their different products so there is no real way to say how much stock should be put in these unless someone from a major manufacturer has inside info for us.

 

if something on the QVL works for you go with it though, you have at least some guarantee that it will function properly.