i5 6500 with 3200 MHz speed or RAM

fourseven

Reputable
Aug 14, 2016
288
0
4,960
well... I'am planing on building another PC for my client and it'll be future proof.
here's the spec list :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Dual Video Card ($153.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: FSP Group Hydro G 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Other: Acrylic custom back plate for asus gtx 1050ti dual (I made it my self 😀)
Total: $851.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-20 23:03 EST-0500

yeah I know, why put locked i5 into z270 mobo ?
like I said before it'll be future proof.
the thing is i5 6500 skylake is support 2133 MHz speed of ram, but the mobo suport 3866 MHz speed of ram.
the question, is it ok to put 3200 MHz ram with i5 6500 ?, 'cuz I never try it before.
thanks guys.
 
Solution
D


Yep. That will leave the M2 slot open if he wants to add a fast NVMe drive like the Samsung 960 Evo or Pro in the future. :)
Why are you wasting the M2 slot on a drive with a SATA controller? Same NAND and same controller as the 2.5" version.

The faster RAM should work fine with a Z270 board.
 


ahhhh... I see, should I use crucial mx300 2.5 SSD instead then.
 


well... the problem is in my country ( Indonesia ) the price between i5 6500 and i5 7500 is ridiculously far away.
I can get i5 6600k with the price of i5 7500 ( yeah Indonesian Rupiah ).
and the budget which my client give me, I cant afford that.
 


Yep. That will leave the M2 slot open if he wants to add a fast NVMe drive like the Samsung 960 Evo or Pro in the future. :)
 
Solution


alright then I've made my decision.
thanks for your help.