[SOLVED] What Are The Green Circles Indicating?

[Oxicoi]

Hi,

So, for my other motherboard (that I will have to go back to since I can't afford to keep the new motherboard and RAM I have) it shows these green circles and the QVL PDF does not say what they mean.

Does green indicate that these are meant for the motherboard, do they have a better quality?

Any help would be appreciative!


2013 chevy cruze 0 60

 

[Lafong]

What motherboard......so we can go look at the list?

Not sure about your point of including those Chevrolet zero to 60 acceleration times.

 

[Oxicoi]

What motherboard......so we can go look at the list?

Not sure about your point of including those Chevrolet zero to 60 acceleration times.

Lol sorry. The motherboard is ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

 

[Lafong]

I see a bunch of QVLs for that board.

Depending on processor.

What is your processor?

 

[Lafong]

I looked through several of the QVLs for that board and did not see any green circles, so I don't know which specific list you looked at.

 

[Oxicoi]

I looked through several of the QVLs for that board and did not see any green circles, so I don't know which specific list you looked at.

The QVL list I looked at is here. Use Ctrl+F to lookup this model number: F4-3200C16Q-64GVK

UPDATE: Processor is listed in my signature.

 

[Lafong]

OK; I found it.

I don't know.

Looks like an example of poor footnoting and poor attention to detail on the part of Asus. Unfortunate, but not a surprise.

 

[Oxicoi]

OK; I found it.

I don't know.

Looks like an example of poor footnoting and poor attention to detail on the part of Asus. Unfortunate, but not a surprise.

Of course. Sad to not know what the green color means.

 

[Karadjgne]

Compatibility. Look at the header. 1 DIMM, 2 DIMM, 4 DIMM. They tested 4x sticks, mixing kits as necessary. Some only worked with 2 kits, some 4x kits failed when using all 4x sticks, only working with 2 sticks used. (Crucial). The Corsair worked with 4x different kits of a single stick.

So it'd be an OK option to use 4x Corsair 8Gb on that board, regardless of kit, but don't expect the Crucial 4x4Gb to work at 2400MHz.

But that's their results, without bias or tinkering, that's not anyone else's results. You could try the Crucial 4x4Gb and add 0.01v to dram voltage and be just fine, or your particular memory controller might be slightly stronger and that kit be fine also, or your particular memory controller might be slightly weaker than the one they tested with and have fits with 4x Corsair.

QVL is all about what they tested, it's no guarantee either way that you get the same results.

 

[Oxicoi]

Compatibility. Look at the header. 1 DIMM, 2 DIMM, 4 DIMM. They tested 4x sticks, mixing kits as necessary. Some only worked with 2 kits, some 4x kits failed when using all 4x sticks, only working with 2 sticks used. (Crucial). The Corsair worked with 4x different kits of a single stick.

So it'd be an OK option to use 4x Corsair 8Gb on that board, regardless of kit, but don't expect the Crucial 4x4Gb to work at 2400MHz.

But that's their results, without bias or tinkering, that's not anyone else's results. You could try the Crucial 4x4Gb and add 0.01v to dram voltage and be just fine, or your particular memory controller might be slightly stronger and that kit be fine also, or your particular memory controller might be slightly weaker than the one they tested with and have fits with 4x Corsair.

QVL is all about what they tested, it's no guarantee either way that you get the same results.

So assuming the picture I've given on the 4-DIMM, using all 4 sticks would be what ASUS tested and works?

 

[Karadjgne]

what ASUS tested and works?

Worked.
Ram is made up of silicon chiplets stuck to a pcb. All ram is, regardless of manufacturer or vendor. Those chiplets are punched out of a sheet and every sheet has different impurities and levels, no 2 sheets are the same, no 2 chiplets are identical.

So each stick is truly unique, responds differently, uses different amounts of voltage etc. It's those impurities that also change the 40 odd Secondary timings.

In the factory, they have access to thousands of sticks, all the same type, so can mix/match to find as many sticks as needed for a kit and compatibility.

But.

Asus tested one to 4 kits on that mobo, not hundreds of the same kits. That one test worked with 4x sticks. There's no guarantee that a different kit will work, only a high likelihood.

QVL is Quality Vendor List, not Quality Ram List. It only really says that Corsair ram worked without issue, Adata, Patriot, Samsung etc and that there were some issues with Crucial. Beyond that, isn't much difference, because even if you have ram on the list with a blue heatsink, the exact same ram might have nothing more than a red heatsink, but be a totally different serial number. The color of the heatsink is totally immaterial to how the ram works, but Asus tested the blue, so it's on the list, not the red.

Doesn't mean anything beyond 'We tested these, and they worked', you just have a good chance if using the same type (like Corsair LPX or Corsair Vengeance etc) that they'll work too.

 

[Oxicoi]

Worked.
Ram is made up of silicon chiplets stuck to a pcb. All ram is, regardless of manufacturer or vendor. Those chiplets are punched out of a sheet and every sheet has different impurities and levels, no 2 sheets are the same, no 2 chiplets are identical.

So each stick is truly unique, responds differently, uses different amounts of voltage etc. It's those impurities that also change the 40 odd Secondary timings.

In the factory, they have access to thousands of sticks, all the same type, so can mix/match to find as many sticks as needed for a kit and compatibility.

But.

Asus tested one to 4 kits on that mobo, not hundreds of the same kits. That one test worked with 4x sticks. There's no guarantee that a different kit will work, only a high likelihood.

QVL is Quality Vendor List, not Quality Ram List. It only really says that Corsair ram worked without issue, Adata, Patriot, Samsung etc and that there were some issues with Crucial. Beyond that, isn't much difference, because even if you have ram on the list with a blue heatsink, the exact same ram might have nothing more than a red heatsink, but be a totally different serial number. The color of the heatsink is totally immaterial to how the ram works, but Asus tested the blue, so it's on the list, not the red.

Doesn't mean anything beyond 'We tested these, and they worked', you just have a good chance if using the same type (like Corsair LPX or Corsair Vengeance etc) that they'll work too.

Better to use similar RAM than to not, to take it simply? I'm sure their testing is more qualified than what a single individual with intermediate experience could handle, lol.

I appreciate the more in-depth response. I'll go ahead and follow through with whatever they have listed that works more than the others.