ram compatibility question

Leetus

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Hello,
I want to swap my current ram:
http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/vengeance-lpx-16gb-2x8gb-ddr4-dram-3200mhz-c16-memory-kit-black-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16
with these:
http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/vengeance-led-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-dram-3000mhz-c15-memory-kit-white-led-cmu16gx4m2c3000c15
My motherboard is a gigabyte z170xp-sli. On neither website I couldnt find the led ram on the compatibility list, but I know for a fact someone who also did not find it, uses them and they work. Can someone confirm if these work with the motherboard I have. Thanks
 
Technically any ram kit can drop into your motherboard so long as it conforms to the standard, being that it's DDR4. The LED kit you've linked is merely one color and not the RGB flavor which might require a BIOS update to function out of the box however the White LED version of the vengeance will drop right in no problems.

Point to note, just for added measure, make sure your motherboard BIOS is up to date and that after upgrading to the LED kit, that you set/enable the XMP profile within BIOS. If the XMP profile doesn't produce results, would be good to manually key the timings , frequency and voltage in BIOS.