voltage question on RAM & cpu

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Will G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400
work ok with my MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ?

Partpicker is telling me:
The G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory operating voltage of 1.65V exceeds the Intel Haswell Refresh CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum.

Should I be concerned with that if I'm using it for heavy gaming?
I'm going to be using an Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Thank you!
 
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bailojustin
The computer will automatically underclock the ram to a lower frequency, most likely 1600, You can then OC your board to support higher clocks. From researching your board, the ram you have is not compatible which is why it will underclock it, You can still tighten the timings a great deal since the voltage is dropped and attain faster speeds with tighter timings. I would honestly suggest finding ram that runs at 1.5v 1600mhz+ or just get a 1600MHZ ram set that is easily overclocked.

The ram will run at 1600mhz, you will just have to disable the XMP setting that comes with it. XMP is what causes the ram to run at 1.65 and 2400.
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The computer will automatically underclock the ram to a lower frequency, most likely 1600, You can then OC your board to support higher clocks. From researching your board, the ram you have is not compatible which is why it will underclock it, You can still tighten the timings a great deal since the voltage is dropped and attain faster speeds with tighter timings. I would honestly suggest finding ram that runs at 1.5v 1600mhz+ or just get a 1600MHZ ram set that is easily overclocked.

The ram will run at 1600mhz, you will just have to disable the XMP setting that comes with it. XMP is what causes the ram to run at 1.65 and 2400.
 
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Those will work fantastically especially with the 9 cas latency. Xmp will help you aswell and since they are 1.5v that leaves you room to maybe drop the voltage a little and start tightening your timings, that way your 1866mhz will be performing and will be way faster then the underclocked 1.65v. the tighter the timings the faster the ram truly is, especially with that cpu you should have some good speeds coming out.
 
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