Ram recommendation for AsRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Guenther

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I built my system in 2012, and would like to upgrade my memory from 16GB to 32GB. Can someone please help me find some compatible ram?

The board specs say this about the memory:
- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Other components:

Current memory: Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 Vengeance 16GB 4X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit (these will be replaced by new ram)

Motherborad: ASRock Z68 EXTREME3 GEN3 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E SATA3 USB3.0 SLI CrossFireX

Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K Quad Core Unlocked Hyperthreading Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Sandy Bridge 8MB

I'm having a hard time finding something at all. Would two sets of these work?
http://www.ncix.com/detail/corsair-vengeance-pro-gold-16gb-b7-90954.htm?

Alternative: http://www.ncix.com/detail/corsair-vengeance-pro-red-16gb-e6-96385.htm

Alternatiev 2 (1600 speed): http://www.ncix.com/detail/g-skill-ripjaws-x-16gb-2x8gb-25-73133.htm

Thanks!
-Günther
 

Guenther

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Thanks for this!
In case I get 2133, do I have to overclock to make it run, or can it use a slower speed as well.

 

Dark Lord of Tech

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You can set the OC , by going into the DRAM settings and selecting the XMP profile.