H170 not compatible with ram DDR4 3000mhz

[Fermiparafox]

Noob here, I have people saying very different things so im going to try to ask this one myself.

I have a Lenovo Y720 ideacentre cube, gtx 1070 8gb, i7 7700, Samsung 8gb (M378A1K43CB2-CRC) ram. Full specs here:
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And i just ordered a Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 3000MHz 16GB (2x8)
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Website is in swedish probably but I hope it is readable.

Now, I've been seeing people saying that H170 motherboards only support up to 2133mhz, but what im seeing on the specs and on CPU-z is that im at 2400mhz. As you may have noticed, the ram i ordered is capable of 3000mhz, and from what ive read people are saying with a H170 motherboard its gonna downclock to 2133mhz (huh?) and only z170 is "the way to go" for 2400mhz and 3000mhz apparently. Even though i might only initially be getting 2400mhz, shouldn't i be able to change it in xmp to run at 3000mhz or will pc die?(lol) Seems like some think it will only run at 2133mhz, which obviously is not the case since im at 2400mhz right now, so don't know if i should take what they say as facts.

Shed some light experts

Noob out.

Cheers

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

32GB max, 2400MHz DDR4, two UDIMM socke
Your boards manual states this ^

If you have 3000 it will down clock to 2400 on that board and CPU setup.

 

[geofelt]

Ram faster than 2133 or 2400 needs to be overclocked. If your motherboard permits faster then the xmp profile in the ram should let you go faster.
3000 speed is what your new ram is certified for.
It will boot at default 2133 speed so you can select the 3000 speed xmp profile if your motherboard bios permits.
I would not worry about ram speeds if you need to run at 2400, it makes very little difference in actual performance. Perhaps 1%

You are wise to buy a 2 x 8gb replacement kit instead of trying to just add 8gb.
Mixed ram is not supported amd may or not work together.

 

[Fermiparafox]

32GB max, 2400MHz DDR4, two UDIMM socke
Your boards manual states this ^

If you have 3000 it will down clock to 2400 on that board and CPU setup.

Alright, but i wont be able to crank it up to 3000 in xmp?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

On that setup no , on a Z board easily.

 

[Fermiparafox]

Ram faster than 2133 or 2400 needs to be overclocked. If your motherboard permits faster then the xmp profile in the ram should let you go faster.
3000 speed is what your new ram is certified for.
It will boot at default 2133 speed so you can select the 3000 speed xmp profile if your motherboard bios permits.
I would not worry about ram speeds if you need to run at 2400, it makes very little difference in actual performance. Perhaps 1%

You are wise to buy a 2 x 8gb replacement kit instead of trying to just add 8gb.
Mixed ram is not supported amd may or not work together.

yeah i figured as much so thought it was the best to not mix. Though i think the performance is a little noticable between 2400mhz and 3000mhz don't you think? http://

 

[Fermiparafox]

On that setup no , on a Z board easily.

rip oh well better than what i had atleast, can always keep using it for when i change motherboard in the future!

 

[Calvin7]

H170 Chipset will limit your memory speed to 2133MHz with 6th Gen CPU or on some models 2400MHz with 7th Gen CPU. It appears your motherboard allows 2400MHz with 7th Gen CPU.

You need a different Chipset motherboard to exceed those limits.