- Feb 23, 2016
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I have a question for anyone who can answer me, I bought a Z97 Gigabyte mobo and an I7-4790k cpu , now I also bought 2400 mhz DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Ram , 4 x 8 GB sticks, this is the board I bought :GA-Z97X-UD3H. under the specs for RAM it says this,DDR3 3100*(*O.C.)/ 3000*/ 2933*/ 2800*/ 2666*/ 2600*/ 2500*/ 2400*/ 2200*/ 2133*/ 2000*/ 1866*/ 1800*/ 1600/ 1333 , What I take this to mean is the two 'standard memory speeds of RAM should be 1600 or 1300 mhz and all the other speeds are 'overclocked memory'. My question is , I am building a gaming rig for the first time and when I put this 2400 mhz memory into the RAM slot and go to boot up the BIOS for the first time will it even recognize this memory , being that it is not 1600 mhz but 2400 mhz. In other words would I have to buy 1600 mhz memory first just to post with this board and then later on once I build the thing would I be able to use the 2400 mhz sticks? I'd also like to add that Gigabyte provides a pdf QVL list of qualified vendors of RAM for this board , what exactly does this list mean for RAM that is not on it but is still DDR3 RAM ? Does it mean I can only use what is on the QVL list?
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