2666mhz ram compatible with my motherboard?

Yahya_7

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So I've chosen a Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard with compatible ram being, DDR4-2133 / 2400 / 2800 / 3000 / 3200, but my ram of choice is corsair vengence led ram with 2666mhz, im confused because on pcpartpicker, it says that it is compatible, even though the numbers dont match up, any explanations?
 

bigboss900

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on z170 motherboard you can run any ram speed 2133 and over. it automatically downclocks it to 2133 but you overclock it in the bios if you want to
 
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Yahya_7

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can i over clock it higher than it should be? because, correct me if im wrong, but 2666mhz ram will work but i have to select 2400mhz in the bios, but if i could overclock the ram to higher than it should be then i could take it to 2800mhz, correct?