Question New RAM, but does my CPU support it ?

[kristoffermilo]

Hello. Ive had my build since 2016ish, and my rams are beginning to fall behind. I play rust alot and its quite noticable that my RAM needs a change. Im wondering though, what speed does my system support? I've read it supports up to 3600, but after 2133mhz, its got ''OC'' in paraphrases up till 3600mhz. Does that mean i have to do some overclocking if i buy 3600mhz rams, or do i simply just need to turn XMP on? Ive made a list of my components below. I hope some smarter people got some knowledge to share

fyi, the rams im thinking of getting, are 32gbs of Kingston Fury Beasts DC 3600mhz

Case: NZXT H440W Ultra Silent - Black/Red
Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070
CPU: Intel Core I7 6700K | 4.7GHz @1.400v <- i've got no clue if its still overclocked, ngl.
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 240mm
MotherBoard: MSI Gaming Z170A Krait 3X
Hard drive: 1TB WD Blue & 1TB WD External Harddrive
SSD: Kingston SSDNow UV400 SSD - 240GB
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-2400 DC 16GB
PSU: EVGA G2 750W


Link of where im gonna buy the rams: https://www.proshop.dk/RAM/Kingston-FURY-Beast-DDR4-3200-C16-DC-32GB/2978822

Danish shop bc im danish

 

[Aeacus]

MotherBoard: MSI Gaming Z170A Krait 3X

Fancy MoBo. Looks almost the same as the one i have in my Skylake build (full specs with pics in my sig.)

But to know which RAM does work and which doesn't, look MoBo memory QVL,
link: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-KRAIT-GAMING-3X/support#mem

fyi, the rams im thinking of getting, are 32gbs of Kingston Fury Beasts DC 3600mhz

From Kingston, HX432C18FBK2/32 works in your MoBo very well. It's 2x 16GB set and at speeds of 3200 Mhz. Also works in all 4 RAM slots, so, if you were to get 2nd set, you could get them all running at 3200 Mhz, with total of 64GB of RAM.

Link of where im gonna buy the rams: https://www.proshop.dk/RAM/Kingston-FURY-Beast-DDR4-3200-C16-DC-32GB/2978822

You talk about 3600 Mhz RAM but the one you linked is 3200 Mhz. 🤔
Also, that RAM isn't listed in memory QVL. It might still work, but chances are 50:50. If you want a guarantee, get the RAM from memory QVL.

its got ''OC'' in paraphrases up till 3600mhz. Does that mean i have to do some overclocking if i buy 3600mhz rams, or do i simply just need to turn XMP on?

RAM XMP is RAM OC.

XMP = eXtrme Memory Profile

XMP is essentially one click OC, since RAM has one or more OC profiles built-in.

 

[geofelt]

The motherboard specs define 2133 and 2400 speeds at which the motherboard will post.
All higher speed ram will default to those speeds.
Once in the bios, you can specify higher speeds.
3600 speed ram is better binned ram that can run at 3600 when overclocked via higher voltage.
This is most easily implemented by the xmp specification.

That said, Intel processors do not benefit much from faster ram.
Here is a scaling study:

Skylake Memory Scaling with Kingston Predator DDR4-3000

Armed with a massive 32GB high-end Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4-3000 memory kit, we investigate how DDR4 frequencies and latencies affect real world performance on Intel’s latest mainstream desktop platform. October 13, 2015 by Lawrence Lee Product Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4-3000 32GB...

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