[SOLVED] 2666MHz RAM on 2400MHz motherboard

[Przygocki]

Hey, im thinking about buy new ram to my computer, but my motherboard says "support DDR4 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory " and the ram i am thinking of buying is 2666MHz, will it work on my computer? and if i get a ram that is buffered and has ECC will it work?

Motherboard: ASRock AB350M-HDV
CPU: Athlon 200GE

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

it depends on your CPU what memory it will support.
A-series support up to 2400MHz,
Ryzen supports up to 3200MHz.

there's a chance that an A-series will run 2666 and there's a chance that it will just default to 2400MHz speed.
there's also a chance that it won't boot at all or will suffer constant issues if it does.

 

[Bob.B]

Hey, im thinking about buy new ram to my computer, but my motherboard says "support DDR4 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory " and the ram i am thinking of buying is 2666MHz, will it work on my computer? and if i get a ram that is buffered and has ECC will it work?

Motherboard: ASRock AB350M-HDV
CPU: Athlon 200GE

For your cpu you can go up to 2933.
The 2666 should work fine.
It is best to buy a 2 stick kit.
Ecc and buffered is server stuff it's not for your mobo.

 

[Endre]

Hey, im thinking about buy new ram to my computer, but my motherboard says "support DDR4 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory " and the ram i am thinking of buying is 2666MHz, will it work on my computer? and if i get a ram that is buffered and has ECC will it work?

Motherboard: ASRock AB350M-HDV
CPU: Athlon 200GE

Please check the memory QVL list of your motherboard to see if the modules that you want to buy are on the list!

 

[Karadjgne]

Supports DDR4 3200+ (OC) (Ryzen CPU) / 2400 (A-series APU)

That was at the time of release, which was for the cpus/APU's of that current gen. Whether that's a chipset limitation or a cpu/APU limitation is unknown as future gen cpus/APU's exceed those values.

The 2666MHz will work, but you'll not know the exact limits of whether it'll take 2666 speeds or be stuck at 2400MHz until after a bios update rewrites the ram data tables.