ASUS Crosshair VI Hero - Official RAM QVL

[shadragon]

The Qualified Vendors List for RAM on the ASUS Crosshair VI Hero motherboard is here:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO/CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO_DRAM_QVL_forAMDRyzenProcessors.pdf?_ga=1.101817985.1091592811.1487623223

And its really got me confused. In the DDR4 3200 section the G.SKILL F4-3200C14D-16GVR, for example, says the 16GB (2 x 8GB) DIMMS will work, but four will not according to the DIMM socket support column???

The Hyper X HX426C15FBK4/32 says 32GB (4 x 8GB) is acceptable, but the DIMM chart says only two DIMMS will work? Or am I reading this wrong?

The Mobo spec says it can address 64GB RAM, but the QVL shows 128 GB (8 x 16GB) is acceptable. There's only four DIMM slots so how is eight legal?

I'm having a hard time finding a combo or RAM. I want 64GB, but no less than 32GB certainly because of my numerous VM's.

Can anyone with a Hero cast some light on this please?

 

[Vogner16]

The qvl only supports 16gb of 3200 ram. Gskill only brand of that speed it supports with dual channel. I don't recommend this board at the moment because I've heard that even qvl ram is not reaching advertised speeds due to poor bios. I did a lot of research on this issue myself and am a current crosshair 5 owner

 

[Vogner16]

You can get 64gb but you may have to downclock it to 2400 or even less till bios is improved

 

[shadragon]

The qvl only supports 16gb of 3200 ram. Gskill only brand of that speed it supports with dual channel. I don't recommend this board at the moment because I've heard that even qvl ram is not reaching advertised speeds due to poor bios. I did a lot of research on this issue myself and am a current crosshair 5 owner

Cheers Vognar16, I own a Crosshair V - Formula Z myself and heard the same thing about the BIOS issues, but I'm planning on getting this board with a 1800X once I hear the issues are solved.

 

[Vogner16]

The qvl only supports 16gb of 3200 ram. Gskill only brand of that speed it supports with dual channel. I don't recommend this board at the moment because I've heard that even qvl ram is not reaching advertised speeds due to poor bios. I did a lot of research on this issue myself and am a current crosshair 5 owner

Cheers Vognar16, I own a Crosshair V - Formula Z myself and heard the same thing about the BIOS issues, but I'm planning on getting this board with a 1800X once I hear the issues are solved.

I thought the same thing but now I'm having second thoughts. asrock fatil1ty looks to be a better board and has daily bios updates for bugs and ram support. it looks like they care a lot more than asus does. plus ive not heard any bad things...

to your main question. id look into getting 32gb of 3200 ram and just keep it downclocked till the bios gets patched. pick the gskill kits that are supported though.

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

lol

Daily BIOS updates? Nobody is doing daily BIOS updates. They simply couldn't keep up that pace.

Crosshair VI board owners have the full support of several ASUS employees and a world-renowned overclocker on other forums (the official ROG forums and overclock dot net). During the time that I've had my Crosshair VI board, they have released several BIOS updates. Some of them aren't on the official page, but if you know where to look, they are available. I have been running the next official BIOS version (0902) for several days now, and before that I ran the 5803 Beta BIOS. The new BIOS should appear on the official site within a few days, from what we've been told (source).

The Crosshair VI board is by far the most popular, which is why you are seeing more reports of problems. But trust me, there are problems on EVERY AM4 board. We are in the "early adopter" stage and there is still a long way to go.

If you like to tweak and tinker with settings to get things working, now is the time to get in. If you just want to buy it and have it be plug and play, wait a few months.

By the way, the QVL isn't the be-all end-all of memory that works on mainboards. It's simply the list of memory that the manufacturer has had time to test. They cannot test every RAM kit, and they never will.

I would suggest staying with a 32GB kit (2x16GB sticks). The reason why is that the more RAM sockets you populate, the lower the official supported speed is, and the more difficult it is to get RAM running at higher speed. But if you really need 64GB then the only solution is a 4x16GB kit (or two 2x16GB kits I suppose).

I'm known as MNMadman on the two forums I mentioned above, as well as overclockers dot com. You can see my Ryzen system build log here.

 

[shadragon]

Am looking at the G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 series at the moment, but won't be buying anything until the issues are sorted out. I work with a lot of VM's and lots of RAM isn't optional. It needs to perform to a decent level as well.

The Crosshair has 12 rear USB ports which I'll need. Plus, having a Crosshair V currently, its a decent board and after you get rid of the ASUS bloatware, a decent software selection.

I've checked out overclockers in lurker mode as I'm looking at an AIO loop to cool the new rig. No rushing into anything for me, however. Appreciate the comments.

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

That's a good way to go about it. The longer you wait, the more stability, compatibility, and performance you will get. I'm glad I got in on release day though. I didn't need a new build as my last one was only 15 months old but I like to tweak settings and tinker with stuff to get it to work. It makes for more fun and I like the challenge.

 

[shadragon]

I'm asking AMD for a 16-core 32-thread Ryzen CPU as well. Servers get 32 cores so why can't I have 16?

Or a dual RyZen CPU mobo, of course.

 

[Vogner16]

lol

Daily BIOS updates? Nobody is doing daily BIOS updates. They simply couldn't keep up that pace.

Crosshair VI board owners have the full support of several ASUS employees and a world-renowned overclocker on other forums (the official ROG forums and overclock dot net). During the time that I've had my Crosshair VI board, they have released several BIOS updates. Some of them aren't on the official page, but if you know where to look, they are available. I have been running the next official BIOS version (0902) for several days now, and before that I ran the 5803 Beta BIOS. The new BIOS should appear on the official site within a few days, from what we've been told (source).

The Crosshair VI board is by far the most popular, which is why you are seeing more reports of problems. But trust me, there are problems on EVERY AM4 board. We are in the "early adopter" stage and there is still a long way to go.

If you like to tweak and tinker with settings to get things working, now is the time to get in. If you just want to buy it and have it be plug and play, wait a few months.

By the way, the QVL isn't the be-all end-all of memory that works on mainboards. It's simply the list of memory that the manufacturer has had time to test. They cannot test every RAM kit, and they never will.

I would suggest staying with a 32GB kit (2x16GB sticks). The reason why is that the more RAM sockets you populate, the lower the official supported speed is, and the more difficult it is to get RAM running at higher speed. But if you really need 64GB then the only solution is a 4x16GB kit (or two 2x16GB kits I suppose).

I'm known as MNMadman on the two forums I mentioned above, as well as overclockers dot com. You can see my Ryzen system build log here.

Am looking at the G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 series at the moment, but won't be buying anything until the issues are sorted out. I work with a lot of VM's and lots of RAM isn't optional. It needs to perform to a decent level as well.

The Crosshair has 12 rear USB ports which I'll need. Plus, having a Crosshair V currently, its a decent board and after you get rid of the ASUS bloatware, a decent software selection.

I've checked out overclockers in lurker mode as I'm looking at an AIO loop to cool the new rig. No rushing into anything for me, however. Appreciate the comments.

asrock's website has had a beta version almost every day of last week. I checked.

 

[Vogner16]

That's a good way to go about it. The longer you wait, the more stability, compatibility, and performance you will get. I'm glad I got in on release day though. I didn't need a new build as my last one was only 15 months old but I like to tweak settings and tinker with stuff to get it to work. It makes for more fun and I like the challenge.

I agree this what ultimately you should do. day one releases are always buggy but I expect at least biweekly bios updates for these boards considering they don't meet advertised speeds. I bought my crosshair V 1 or 2 months after release so the bios was a little more stable and I could clock my ram up to 1866 and forget it.