- Apr 20, 2017
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So, I've purchased an Intel Core i7-7700K processor, and in the documentation it says that it officially supports both 2133 MHz and 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM speeds.
However, in the documentation for my Asus Prime Z270-A motherboard, listed under supported RAM speeds it says : "2133 MHz / 2400 MHz (O.C.)" and up etc. I suppose "(O.C.)" means overclocked? For comparison I checked the specification for three Z270 chipset ASRock motherboards (Z270 Taichi, Z270 Extreme4 and z270M Extreme4) and there's no "(O.C.)" besides the supported 2400 MHz RAM frequency there - just a "**" referring to the fact that only 7th Gen Intel CPU supports 2400 MHz RAM. Which is the processor I will use.
So can this be a misunderstanding on my part? Maybe there's some small print somewhere in the documentation for the motherboard that I've missed?
I'm looking to buy a kit of 2 x 16GB sticks of the fastest RAM officially supported by the processor and motherboard, since I have no plans to overclock the RAM. I will also be running the CPU at stock speed (I bought the "K" version for the slightly faster base clock speed).
I sent Asus a support request a couple of days ago, but haven't heard from them yet. I just think it's strange if their quite new Z270-A wouldn't support the same base RAM speeds that the processor and Z270 chipset does. Any thoughts?
https://ark.intel.com/products/97129/Intel-Core-i7-7700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_50-GHz
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Z270-A/specifications/
However, in the documentation for my Asus Prime Z270-A motherboard, listed under supported RAM speeds it says : "2133 MHz / 2400 MHz (O.C.)" and up etc. I suppose "(O.C.)" means overclocked? For comparison I checked the specification for three Z270 chipset ASRock motherboards (Z270 Taichi, Z270 Extreme4 and z270M Extreme4) and there's no "(O.C.)" besides the supported 2400 MHz RAM frequency there - just a "**" referring to the fact that only 7th Gen Intel CPU supports 2400 MHz RAM. Which is the processor I will use.
So can this be a misunderstanding on my part? Maybe there's some small print somewhere in the documentation for the motherboard that I've missed?
I'm looking to buy a kit of 2 x 16GB sticks of the fastest RAM officially supported by the processor and motherboard, since I have no plans to overclock the RAM. I will also be running the CPU at stock speed (I bought the "K" version for the slightly faster base clock speed).
I sent Asus a support request a couple of days ago, but haven't heard from them yet. I just think it's strange if their quite new Z270-A wouldn't support the same base RAM speeds that the processor and Z270 chipset does. Any thoughts?
https://ark.intel.com/products/97129/Intel-Core-i7-7700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_50-GHz
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Z270-A/specifications/
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