New PC build freezing - Motherboard and RAM incompatibility (Easy solution)?

jvpro

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Sep 8, 2016
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Hey I just want a quick suggestion before making a replacement.

I built my new PC few days ago and it worked fine until yesterday where it started freezing randomly, even before booting to Windows.

I checked for compatibility between this motherboard Z170-P

and this RAM HyperX FURY 8 GB DDR4 2666 MHz Memory Kit (2 x 4 GB) HX426C15FBK2/8

I checked the RAM support in the Asus motherboard page and it doesn't list the case of 8GB with 4GB x 2. It only supports it for 16GB and 32GB.

Is it safe to assume this is the main reason of freezing?