ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO & The CORSAIR 16GB DDR4 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16W

[acroystermusic]

Hi all, I just wondered if there was Compatibility between ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO & The CORSAIR 16GB DDR4 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16W RAM, I understand it's a brand new motherboard but ASUS motherboard RAM support document here: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_HERO_WIFI/ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_HERO_SERIES_Memory_QVL.pdf?_ga=2.28219580.1410071114.1538981369-372085757.1514980367 Really wasn't helpful, as i could not find my gen of RAM however could find the same DDR and Mhz compatible for the new motherboard with Corsairs previous generation of RAM, If anyone could share some light that would be great. I just wanted to know if it would work

 

[Barty1884]

The QVL provided is simply a list of kits that have been tested/verified - and do not inherently mean others "won't" work.

Intel is much less picky with memory than their AMD counterparts and, provided you're not looking for ridiculously high (say 4000MHz) speeds, you should be fine simply enabling the XMP profiles & achieving the rated speeds.

Of course, for an outright guarantee, you'll need to wait a while to find someone with that exact same config since Z390 boards are so new, but I wouldn't expect any problems at all.

 

[terry4536]

The QVL list is basically paid advertising. It does have a supported device component, but it is also presenting trademarked memory products to the motherboard customer.

I would pay more attention to the supported memory in the specific motherboard spec's.

 

[Barty1884]

I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "paid advertising" sentiment there. AFAIK, MB manufacturer's aren't being paid to advertise a given it. IIRC at one point, one of the board manufacturers had updates done to their QVL, based on community driven feedback (with defined parameters).

While Intel do generally benefit from greater compatibility, picking something from the QVL can provide a greater peace of mind that it'll just "work" out of the box/with XMP*. As for motherboard spec pages, you'll find a bunch of asterisks alongside any given spec. Other than the official Intel spec for a given chip (2666MHz in this instance), nothing beyond that is truly guaranteed - unless it's on the QVL.

We saw this be a huge headache with the Ryzen 300 boards. While BIOS updates improved support dramatically over time, if you just wanted X speed to just "work", your safest bet was to look to the QVL.