X79 mb/i7-3930k possible RAM incompatibility,HELP!

[letsrollusafa11]

Here is my basic build

-i7-3930k
-Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 140mm and 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
-GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
-EVGA 04G-P4-2673-KR GeForce GTX 670 Superclocked+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...
-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM

I'm pretty worried because I ran the ram through a compatibility checker and its saying it isn't supported, yet the board manual on GIGABYTE says its supports: Support for DDR3 2400/2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Am I out of luck on this, or should it be fine? I appreciate the help!

V/R
Chris

 

[nikorr]

Looks like it fits.

 

[nikorr]

 

[nikorr]

But every mobo is different.

Your RAM is dual channel, that probably why the compatibility check failed.

 

[letsrollusafa11]

Dude you are a godsend and by far the best way to answer!! Thanks!!!!!!

 

[letsrollusafa11]

Height wise it looks good, I think I was more worried about the mobo actually accepting the specific ram I bought.

 

[nikorr]

G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBZL
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[letsrollusafa11]

Ehh I jumped the gun, I thought you were running a x79 mobo and was showing it worked (physically and program-wise).

 

[nikorr]

Your kit is dual channel kit.

The Red one is quad channel optimized.

 

[nikorr]

This one fits for sure.
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBSR

Quad Channel Kit

$96.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231534

 

[letsrollusafa11]

But at the end of the day if I had to go with what I have, it'd work?

 

[nikorr]

It could, looks like it fits.

 

[letsrollusafa11]

Is there much of a performance skew with going the quad channel route vs. dual channel route (current config)?

 

[nikorr]

50%

 

[nikorr]

Read here.

Unless u have the RAM, I would go for quad kit.

Dual will of course work too.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4416/intel_x79_quad_channel_and_z68_dual_channel_memory_performance_analysis/index6.html