4133mhz ram compatability

[frederik8310]

Hi guys, do you know if G.Skill Trident Z RGB LED DDR4 4133MHz CL19 2x8GB will work with a Intel i7-6700k at stock 4.0ghz (4.4ghz using Game boost) and a MSI Z170A gaming M5 Motherboard at XMP 4133mhz?

 

[Calvin7]

Yes, I know it won't run at that speed.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

^ Agreed. You're going to top out below DDR4 4000 with Z170 and Skylake. There might be a few boards that can do it but it's not common. 3200/14 will work with all of them ( Z170 ) with no tweaking. 3600/15 or 16 will work with most of them. Above that it's a guess.

Edit: Should also add you're not going to benefit from RAM that fast in 99% of the stuff you do. Gaming included. Arma 3 and Fallout 4 are the only games I've seen that really scale with faster RAM.

 

[frederik8310]

^ Agreed. You're going to top out below DDR4 4000 with Z170 and Skylake. There might be a few boards that can do it but it's not common. 3200/14 will work with all of them ( Z170 ) with no tweaking. 3600/15 or 16 will work with most of them. Above that it's a guess.

Edit: Should also add you're not going to benefit from RAM that fast in 99% of the stuff you do. Gaming included. Arma 3 and Fallout 4 are the only games I've seen that really scale with faster RAM.

Can i underclock the sticks to run at 3600mhz with different timings? Because these 4133mhz sticks used are 100$ cheaper than what the 3600mhz sticks are new :/

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Maybe. What about 3200 prices? There's almost 0 difference in performance. The main thing you want to do is go faster than 2133. Once you hit 2666 there's very little real world difference by going faster unless you're using the integrated graphics.

Conclusion but the whole article is worth a read.

http://www.legitreviews.com/ddr4-memory-scaling-intel-z170-finding-the-best-ddr4-memory-kit-speed_170340/6