Will my ram be compatible with my motherboard?

[lyz2113199]

I have a ASUS ROG Strix X370-F GAMING AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 motherboard and my ram is CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2B3000C15W. Will these two work?

 

[timmy_area51]

they say it works , but you won't need 3000 mhz on your am4 ryzen

 

[lyz2113199]

Why won’t I need 3000 mhz?

 

[timmy_area51]

maybe if it's a ryzen 1800x , but it seems to me 3000 mhz rams are for big sockets . not am4 or intel 1151

 

[lyz2113199]

I have a ryzen 7 1700. Should I be fine?

 

[timmy_area51]

a gskill ripjaws with 2400 of frequency will do the job for you . it's cheap too . i been having this for about 3 years now and it hasn't failed only i failed it

 

[lyz2113199]

The thing is, I bought everything already

 

[rgd1101]

maybe if it's a ryzen 1800x , but it seems to me 3000 mhz rams are for big sockets . not am4 or intel 1151

big socket?

 

[timmy_area51]

well ok . it's alright to have . it's compatible but you won't make use of 3000 mhz frequency ...

 

[madmatt30]

Ram is fine , you may only get it running at 2666mhz max.

 

[lyz2113199]

What is big socket? I’m new to pc building so I literally have no idea what’s going.

 

[timmy_area51]

maybe if it's a ryzen 1800x , but it seems to me 3000 mhz rams are for big sockets . not am4 or intel 1151

big socket?

aren't they for tr4 and 2066 of intel ? i don't know you tell me mate

 

[rgd1101]

Should be fine, update to the latest bios and turn on xmp profile in bios

 

[timmy_area51]

What is big socket? I’m new to pc building so I literally have no idea what’s going.

something bigger than intel's 115x socket . without integrated graphics so you have to buy your own graphics

 

[rgd1101]

maybe if it's a ryzen 1800x , but it seems to me 3000 mhz rams are for big sockets . not am4 or intel 1151

big socket?

aren't they for tr4 and 2066 of intel ? i don't know you tell me mate

Nope. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-X370-F-GAMING/specifications/
Under Memory got 4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz ECC and non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory *

 

[timmy_area51]

okay , if you say so

 

[lyz2113199]

RGD1101 so it won’t work?

 

[TJ Hooker]

All Ryzen CPUs benefit from faster RAM, because the Infinity Fabric speed (which connects the two core complexes which make up every Ryzen CPU) is tied to memory clock.

The RAM listed in the OP (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15W) isn't listed in the QVL for that mobo, so it isn't guaranteed to work. That's not to so say it definitely won't though.

 

[madmatt30]

^ its confirmed working , 2133 on early bios revisions, 2666 using docp on the newer revisions.

Some people hve hit full speed with an awful lot of messing about with manual timings.

 

[lyz2113199]

Thank you everyone. I’ll try it on 2666mhz. Is it gonna make a huge difference on 2666mhz from 3000mhz or 3200?

 

[TJ Hooker]

^ its confirmed working , 2133 on early bios revisions, 2666 using docp on the newer revisions.

Some people hve hit full speed with an awful lot of messing about with manual timings.

The RAM isn't on the QVL, where do you see that? Or do you just mean you've seen other people post about getting that specific RAM/mobo combination working?

 

[madmatt30]

@TJ Hooker - yeah all over the official asus forums & reddit forums.

All the lpx & vengeance is pretty much exactly the same hynix nand anyway.