Will this memory work out of the box?

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Jim Neel

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I'm about to build a Win7 gaming PC with the following:

GIGABYTE GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128716

Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369

DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233778

Will the DDR3 2400 RAM work out of the box, or do I need to make overclock adjustments to get it working?

Thanks in advance for any help on this,
Jim
 
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^ Yes. Basically use the the XMP feature in BIOS to set up the memory for 2400 MHz operation. But in the event this doesn't work, may have to enter parameters manually in BIOS.

Another thing is that the Corsair memory of interest is not listed in the list of compatible memory for the Z97MX Gaming 5 motherboard at Corsair website Memory Finder here. This suggests that the 2 x 8 GB Corsair memory is not compatible. However, it may be that not all memory combinations have (as yet) been tested with the Z97MX Gaming 5 motherboard and the memory may work anyway. But there is no guarantee.
 
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The 'compatibility' list is but a sampling of the DRAM they have on hand to test with (most even state this on their list, thankfully you have a CPU that can run them, this is something that often confuses people, they see a 'compatibility' list, and think any set on the list is fine, however, these listings don't inform you that those sets 2133 and up will (generally) need a K model CPU. Going back to the demise of the 775 mobos, the MC (memory controller) has been in the CPU which is the key (primary determining factor of what data rate DRAM you can run. The VPs will be perfectly fine.
 
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The reference was to Corsair memory testing (which is fairly comprehensive) and not to the motherboard manufacturer (Gigabyte) QVL memory tests which are very limited due to lack of "at hand" memory modules. Yes?

I still maintain, that there is still a slight possibility of incompatibility if the memory is not shown on list of compatible memory as tested by memory manufacturers.
 
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Even Corsair and GSkill, though comprehensive can't keep up, to maintain the listing they would have to basically retest everytime a BIOS update was released as most every BIOS BIOS update has a multitude of DRAM updates included to try and keep up the humongous number of XMP profiles being utilized by all the different manufacturers, and testing is same - they don't mention the CPUs they use either. That's one of the big reasons it's hard to keep up with compatibility, though many of us try, (you have low density 2GB sticks, high density 4GB sticks), need to keep up w/ CPU (actually the MC within) capabilities, odd balls like the Fury line that uses PnP vs XMP, etc. Have an article due out soon in 2 parts, about DDR3: FAQs and Fiction that explores many of the common DRAM questions and myths
 
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Upon bringing it online and going into the BIOS to set things up, I didn’t locate the XMP Profile setting, so I simply clicked on the “Smart Tweak” button and I deluded myself into thinking that the XMP setting would be automatic. After installing everything and thinking, WOW That Was Easy, it ran great the first evening. On the second day it Blue Screened and afterwards, if it even booted, it continued to Blue Screen (I forget all the complaints it was making… there were several). I looked deeper into the BIOS and found the XMP Profile 1 setting. After setting that the BIOS presented me with a list of various memory types as well. My exact type was not listed. This should not have been a surprise as you folks explained the humongous task of testing and listing memory. I clicked on the closest DRAM match that was rated ‘2400’ and reinstalled everything and after about a week of use it’s been working fine. I tested it with Passmark Performance Test 8 and the results were great. The Passmark rating was 5588 (CPU 11262, Memory Mark 2657). Overall its test results exceeded all the comparisons, except for the CPU where the i7-5820K @ 3.3GHz results were 12868. Thank you all for the help and support. I would have botched it up real bad if not for your help.

Jim Neel
 
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