RAM speed/Motherboard compatibility

janx218

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Oct 31, 2015
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Long story short, I will be building my first PC soon. I put together a system on pcpartpicker and, like an idiot, relied on their compatibility filter rather than researching each component. It wasn't until after I'd ordered everything that I visited the mobo manufacturer's site and saw theyes only say the board supports DDR4 2133. I ordered 2666. My question is will it still work? If so, will it run at 2133 or get throttled even lower? Or will it not even be detected? I would REALLY prefer to not have to return anything, but if it will hamper performance, I will. Thoughts?

Here's the build for reference:

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/J69kNG) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/J69kNG/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80662i56600) | $215.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Motherboard** | [MSI H170 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h170gamingm3) | $111.98 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2a2666c16r) | $89.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e250bam) | $86.97 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $51.88 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr) | $319.99 @ Amazon
**Case** | [Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcaarcr2blw) | $83.99 @ Directron
**Power Supply** | [EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr) | $64.99 @ NCIX US
**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24b1stblkbas) | $17.75 @ OutletPC
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-kw900140) | $91.88 @ OutletPC
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1165.41
| Mail-in rebates | -$30.00
| **Total** | **$1135.41**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-11-10 09:58 EST-0500 |