Will g.skill ripjaws z series work with my crosshair v formula-z mobo?

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warturtle62

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So I recently bought the pieces for a new build the specs are amd fx 9590 liquid cooled by h100i gtx crosshair v formula-z mobo 850 watt gold xfx psu a 120 gb samsung 840 evo 2 yb western digital and an r9 390x xfx double dissipation. So for the build I had bought 16 gb of corsair vengeance 1600 ram but it wasn't compatible with the mobo so I bought the following http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00679QX0O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
The user guide said it was compatible but I read online that you need to OC the mobo or change the xmp boot to get the full speed if the ram. My question is will my pc boot with this ram? Thank you very much for reading and if you have any idea.
 
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That memory has a very high operating frequency, DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000). You must be planning on doing an extreme overclock.

FX CPUs support 1600MHz memory clock with all four DIMM slots filled. FX CPUs support 1866MHz memory clock speed with one DIMM per channel. The motherboard is a dual channel memory motherboard. Higher operating frequencies require an overclocked system.

The closest thing to XMP (eXtreme Memory Profile) on that motherboard is DOCP (Dram OverClock Profile). The AI Overclock Tuner has the following settings:
Auto
Manual
D.O.C.P.

DOCP overclocks other things besides the memory. With [Manual] setting, you can set:
Memory Frequency
DRAM Timings
DRAM Voltage

F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH...
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most mb with ram faster then 1600 you have to try and boot with one stick. if it posts make sure the mb has the newest bios file then go in and turn on xmp or amd version of it. power down and add the other stick. most overclock ram do have 1600 speed as default.
 
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What us the likely hood it won't post and is there any videos you could link me that shows how to change xmp?

 
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That memory has a very high operating frequency, DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000). You must be planning on doing an extreme overclock.

FX CPUs support 1600MHz memory clock with all four DIMM slots filled. FX CPUs support 1866MHz memory clock speed with one DIMM per channel. The motherboard is a dual channel memory motherboard. Higher operating frequencies require an overclocked system.

The closest thing to XMP (eXtreme Memory Profile) on that motherboard is DOCP (Dram OverClock Profile). The AI Overclock Tuner has the following settings:
Auto
Manual
D.O.C.P.

DOCP overclocks other things besides the memory. With [Manual] setting, you can set:
Memory Frequency
DRAM Timings
DRAM Voltage

F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH
http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-17000cl9q-16gbzh
Specifications:
SPD speed 1600MHz
SPD voltage 1.5v

With SPD (Serial Presence Detect) speeds the system should boot.



 
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