How much will running 3000MHz RAM at 2933MHZ affect performance?

[moobox]

So I've had nothing but issues with my ASUS STRIX Z270H motherboard. Been through 3 sets of RAM and can not get any of them to run over 2933MHz.

Instead of RMAing the board I'm thinking of just living with it. Been dealing with ASUS customer service for a month and I'm so done with them.

Wondering if it's a big deal to run my 16GB of Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHZ at 2933MHz. I know the actual speed difference is minimal, but are there other consequences to doing that?

 

[superninja12]

no the difference will not be noticeable, and it will be impossible to get 3000/3000.
IT has PERMANENT reserved ramspace for the ram itself.

 

[Herc08]

You can run them at 2666mhz and probably will not notice a difference in gaming. Unless you are doing some heavy tasks, high clocked memory is just sitting there.

I'm more surprised that ASUS hasn't mention anything about that though.

 

[Jan_26]

The difference between 2933 and 3000 is below being measurable, it will vanish in statistic error margins. Let alone noticing a difference in an application.

Only way to get closer to 3000 would be playing with BCLK, but I would avoid that until you gain some decent experience with overclocking in general. Plus to get 33MHz more on RAM speed it would be more of a training/cosmetic purpose than practical gain.