RAM compatibility with motherboard

[cdpace]

Hi,

I am building a pc and I am setting up the parts my self.

I am going to use the following motherboard MSI H110M pro-VD Plus which on the seller's site says that it supports DDR4 - 2133 RAM.

For the RAM I was going to purchase the following 16GB (1x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666 DDR4 Memory.

I am worried that because the RAM are LPX 2666 , they won't be compatible with the motherboard.

Can you please give me some advice on this?

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[The_Staplergun]

That just means it can support up to that clock speed. That's the standard clock speed for ddr4 I believe. Anything sold as far as ram over that amount requires an xmp profile turned in. You should be fine as long as the ram is ddr4.

Just get less expensive ram that runs at that clock speed.

 

[Eximo]

Non overclocking CPUs basically support the default speeds.

Skylake = 2133
Kabylake = 2400

You'll need a Z170/Z270 board and a K class chip to take advantage of 2666.

 

[DRagor]

^^^ However on H110 board, the upper limit is 2133 no matter if you use Sky or Kaby Lake.

 

[The_Staplergun]

Again if that's your board and you don't have the ram yet just buy a lower clock for less money if you don't want to switch anything.

 

[cdpace]

That just means it can support up to that clock speed. That's the standard clock speed for ddr4 I believe. Anything sold as far as ram over that amount requires an xmp profile turned in. You should be fine as long as the ram is ddr4.

Just get less expensive ram that runs at that clock speed.

Thank you very much.