can my mobo handle stock ram clock?

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MeanMachine41

MeanMachine41

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Hi Skipping-Bear :)

The MB can handle it but can the CPU.?
List your CPU.
It is the strength of the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) that is built into the CPU.
Intel rate there chips for certain frequencies and 3000MHz is considered an OC.

Ah I see you have i7-6700K. Your CPU is rated for these memory types
DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
If you know your Bios well and know how to change your Primary Timings and voltage then give them a try. It may not recognize the XMP profile of your DIMMs and you may have issues.
Get your self a kit of 2133GHz and you won't have issues and there is very little difference using OC DIMMs when gaming.
 
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i7 6700k
 
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MeanMachine41

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Don't assume, know this, The CPU is rated for these memory types.
DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
I know the board supports 3000MHz however you need to know that XMP OC profiles are not a JDEC memory standard and not necessarily recognized by the chip.
 
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Which Skylake CPU doesn't support it then?

Anyways, for OP, will work fine with an i7-6700k.
 
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ARK Intel.com list the specs for all Intel CPUs. There chips are binned and rated for chips ability to support various frequencies. Go here: https://ark.intel.com/products/88195/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz
Skylake does scale very well with high DRAM Frequency and I know that Intel i7-6700K have official support as listed above.

My advice is that if your going to purchase a high frequency kit than officially supported, you take a risk so ensure you can return the Kit if the system will not recognize the XMP profile or the system won't boot consistently.

As there is very little to gain with higher frequency OCed DIMMs. Very often they won't play fair and for a beginner its very frustrating and you pay more for them.
 
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got the ram i got (corsair vengeance lpx) as reccomendaion cause of my cooler (212 evo) as the lpx ram wouldn't get in the way of them and also got the fo 60 bucks on sale on black friday so al there is to do is test out what will and will not work mayb will un xmp at 3000mhz or maybe let it run at the 6700k default 2133mhz just got to see what will woork for my system
 
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