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So about a month ago now, I built a computer with a sabertooth z170 and went with an I7 6700 non K.
Also a gtx 980ti and 32gb of 2666 Ddr4.
When researching the mobo, I saw it said support of only 2133 and 2400 mhz of ram. A few people and a few sites said that's not true and it can do higher speeds up to 3000.
Having a non K CPU I know to keep the speeds in the ram lower...
Is running at 2666 okay for my set up? I had to physically go into the bios to set it. It automatically went to 2133 and I was able to choose 2666. Everything runs good and CPU temps are low underload 40-45c
Also does anyone else use this mobo? Does it matter if I run at 2666 or should I set it back to 2400?

I'm loving the speeds, and especially the strix oc 980ti.

Thanks!
 
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They do this to protect themselves as they tested with the memory that they stated / approved and either didn't test with higher speed or they did and did not get a good enough result over several brands of memory clocked that high this way if you the end user do decide to use it and then it doesn't work or it burns out the memory controller its not their fault you decided to go past specs. You can still set it at what speed yhou can get it to work but it is on your self that way. not the company. Sort of the way you can get the intel insurance warranty for overclocking the k series cpu if you dont get it and burn out your cpu over clocking they don't have to replace it.
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Just worried about messing up my new rug I suppose. Why would Asus say they only support 2133 and 2400? Then in bios give options all the way to 3200? Seems so odd. The mobo is middle to high end also.
 
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They do this to protect themselves as they tested with the memory that they stated / approved and either didn't test with higher speed or they did and did not get a good enough result over several brands of memory clocked that high this way if you the end user do decide to use it and then it doesn't work or it burns out the memory controller its not their fault you decided to go past specs. You can still set it at what speed yhou can get it to work but it is on your self that way. not the company. Sort of the way you can get the intel insurance warranty for overclocking the k series cpu if you dont get it and burn out your cpu over clocking they don't have to replace it.
 
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Well, the board's specs say 2400/2133 support, and the CPU says it supports 1866/2133. If you are worried about it you could just clock it down to 2133. I doubt it will significantly affect your gaming performance.
 
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