Is this ram(link inside) compatible with my motherboard in terms of MHZ?

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Deus Gladiorum


No, it isn't. According to the manufacturer your board only supports up to 2133 MHz with overclocking. I wouldn't buy that piece of RAM anyway. It's expensive in terms of RAM, and though it has a high clock speed and pretty decent CAS latency, the voltage is 1.65V. That means that they potentially took a cheaper RAM kit, overclocked it and reduced latency values, but it wouldn't handle 1.5 V so they effectively had to make it to 1.65 V. 2400 MHz is overkill anyway.

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No, it isn't. According to the manufacturer your board only supports up to 2133 MHz with overclocking. I wouldn't buy that piece of RAM anyway. It's expensive in terms of RAM, and though it has a high clock speed and pretty decent CAS latency, the voltage is 1.65V. That means that they potentially took a cheaper RAM kit, overclocked it and reduced latency values, but it wouldn't handle 1.5 V so they effectively had to make it to 1.65 V. 2400 MHz is overkill anyway.

The other thing is, from what I've read your Motherboard's memory controller is overclocked anytime it's running RAM above 1333 MHz. That means that if you buy anything above 1333 MHz, you're going to have to do a bit of playing around in the BIOS, more so than just switching memory profiles, in order to get any RAM to clock higher than 1333 MHz. I suggest you find some good quality, low latency, 1.5 V 1333 MHz RAM.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231402&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

It'll be a welcome upgrade over the 4 GB you currently have, and it has a latency of 7-7-7-21 which is excellent. A low latency is just as important as high frequency. Plus, it has overclocking potential anyway.
 
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Oh, sorry about that. I had my suspicions that 1.65V might have been more tolerated at 2100+, but I never bothered trying to confirm that. Thanks, though!
 
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It's generally always fine as the higher freq sticks often require a slight OC of the CPU to run effectively and to that end the MC (memory controller also has a slight voltage increase, I like to try and keep DRAM and MC voltage within about 0.6 at most of each other to keep things balanced
 
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