what corsair Dimms to buy

[haroldh2]

Have Asus z87 sabertooth, Seasonic ss860 psu, Intel i5 4670, would like Corsair memory sticks 2x8gb 1600 for matched 16 gb memory ordered cmz16gx3m2a1600c9 but asus says they will not work. Also would like best match video card for twin monitors non gaming just business use to be able to refer back and forth with two screens. Thanks in advance for any input

 

[Dorosh]

That RAM will work fine on that mobo. Where does it say you can't use it?
Also, most aftermarket graphics cards support multiple monitors. Whats you're price range?

 

[Dorosh]

Have Asus z87 sabertooth, Seasonic ss860 psu, Intel i5 4670, would like Corsair memory sticks 2x8gb 1600 for matched 16 gb memory ordered cmz16gx3m2a1600c9 but asus says they will not work. Also would like best match video card for twin monitors non gaming just business use to be able to refer back and forth with two screens. Thanks in advance for any input

Also, if you're just going to use the PC for business your current processor will support up to 3 monitors. All you'll have to do is get a display port adaptor for multi monitors and you're good to go.

 

[haroldh2]

That RAM will work fine on that mobo. Where does it say you can't use it?
Also, most aftermarket graphics cards support multiple monitors. Whats you're price range?

 

[haroldh2]

confused by Asus they say only to use the Ram listed on the Manufacturers capability list those dimms are not listed Asus " live Chat " said only the ram on the list however this Motherboard is supposed to support ddr3 1866/1600/1333 hz ram but the list shows every speed [13different ones] from 3000 down to 1333 that's is made so Im not sure what the list is trying to help me figure out. I see three speeds on the Mobo support specs and they show 13 different speeds and the specs I want they say wont work even though they are listed on a different style as ok vengeance vs dominator. so to sum up as long as I order the speed listed the gb supported the matched ram and the manufacturer. correct pins of course the ram should work yes or no

 

[Dorosh]

confused by Asus they say only to use the Ram listed on the Manufacturers capability list those dimms are not listed Asus " live Chat " said only the ram on the list however this Motherboard is supposed to support ddr3 1866/1600/1333 hz ram but the list shows every speed [13different ones] from 3000 down to 1333 that's is made so Im not sure what the list is trying to help me figure out. I see three speeds on the Mobo support specs and they show 13 different speeds and the specs I want they say wont work even though they are listed on a different style as ok vengeance vs dominator. so to sum up as long as I order the speed listed the gb supported the matched ram and the manufacturer. correct pins of course the ram should work yes or no

Yeah that ASUS list is only the RAM they've tested. There are too many different ones out there to test them all, so they just say those ones work for sure.
Yes, you are right. All you need to worry about is 1333 MHz or higher (higher if you want to overclock in the future - at least 1600), DDR3, and that they are not ecc or buffered memory.
Give you an idea, I use the vengeance 1866 MHz RAM and didn't even look at the ASUS compatibility list. I'm overclocking quite a bit, never had any memory problems.

 

[Tradesman1]

The Haswell is native to 1600, so would suggest that as a minimum, with Haswell client rigs I start at 1866/9 as the minuimum, even for gaming rigs, as Haswell scales very well to faster sticks

 

[haroldh2]

thank you very much the first straight answer I have gotten. I suspected this to be the case but no one at asus would give straight answer I believe that their live chat is a computer.

confused by Asus they say only to use the Ram listed on the Manufacturers capability list those dimms are not listed Asus " live Chat " said only the ram on the list however this Motherboard is supposed to support ddr3 1866/1600/1333 hz ram but the list shows every speed [13different ones] from 3000 down to 1333 that's is made so Im not sure what the list is trying to help me figure out. I see three speeds on the Mobo support specs and they show 13 different speeds and the specs I want they say wont work even though they are listed on a different style as ok vengeance vs dominator. so to sum up as long as I order the speed listed the gb supported the matched ram and the manufacturer. correct pins of course the ram should work yes or no

Yeah that ASUS list is only the RAM they've tested. There are too many different ones out there to test them all, so they just say those ones work for sure.
Yes, you are right. All you need to worry about is 1333 MHz or higher (higher if you want to overclock in the future - at least 1600), DDR3, and that they are not ecc or buffered memory.
Give you an idea, I use the vengeance 1866 MHz RAM and didn't even look at the ASUS compatibility list. I'm overclocking quite a bit, never had any memory problems.

 

[haroldh2]

The Haswell is native to 1600, so would suggest that as a minimum, with Haswell client rigs I start at 1866/9 as the minuimum, even for gaming rigs, as Haswell scales very well to faster sticks

 

[haroldh2]

thanks to all my quest is over Im going to use the faster Mhz sticks and continue. Ill be back with more questions Im sure

 

[Tradesman1]

No worries, we'll be here 😉