3866 ram in a msi z270 gaming m5?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
F

fishfood_1

Prominent
Mar 15, 2017
2
0
510
Can I put g. Skill 3866 (oc) ram in a msi z270 gaming m5?

I have a z270-AR with a 6600k but I have the opportunity to return it and pic up the m5 for 25 dollars cheaper. I've looked at the specs a few different places and I've seen the max at 3800 and 3866.

Will it hurt the motherboard if I do use it or will it just throttle the ram down to 3800?

 
Solution
DRagor
Actually, mobo specs:
"• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- 7th Gen processors support DDR4 3800(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz*
- 6th Gen processors support DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2133 MHz*"
Since you have 6th gen CPU, your limit is 3600. But it will not hurt motherboard in any case having faster ram. It should go down to mobo limit, in the worst case scenario you will have to enter ram settings manually in BIOS.
Sort by date Sort by votes
DRagor

DRagor

Polypheme
Jan 23, 2017
9,028
745
65,440
Actually, mobo specs:
"• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- 7th Gen processors support DDR4 3800(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz*
- 6th Gen processors support DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2133 MHz*"
Since you have 6th gen CPU, your limit is 3600. But it will not hurt motherboard in any case having faster ram. It should go down to mobo limit, in the worst case scenario you will have to enter ram settings manually in BIOS.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom