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Ddr4 2666Mhz ram in a 2133Mhz mobo.

Mister_4

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Jan 1, 2017
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Hi,so i ordered ddr4 ram with a ram speed of 2666Mhz for my msi h110i pro motherboard wich allows a ram speed of 2133Mhz.will my pc still boot up or not?
Btw srry for my bad english...
 
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It should work but will only run at the 2133 speed. I copied this from the specifications:

DDR4 2133 MHz and higher memory modules will only run at maximum of DDR4 2133 MHz on XMP mode due to Intel® chipset limitation
It should work but will only run at the 2133 speed. I copied this from the specifications:

DDR4 2133 MHz and higher memory modules will only run at maximum of DDR4 2133 MHz on XMP mode due to Intel® chipset limitation
 
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