DDR4 4133MHz Ram. Will it even run at 4133MHz in my new build?

Dburrows · 10 Jan 2018 at 07:21

looking at some G.Skill DDR4 16GB 4133MHz Ram. At £200+ I'm a little reluctant to fork out on it if the rig I'm buying won't even support it. My motherboard choice claims to support 4133MHz (oc) ...it's that oc (overclocked I assume) note next to the ram specs thats got me a little lost heh.

Looking at a z370 board / with a 8700k to go in it / 1070ti for the gpu.

This stinks of a simple basic ram question, so someone please explain. Thanks :confused:

BTVA · 10 Jan 2018 at 10:43

What board is on your mind?

Dburrows · 10 Jan 2018 at 10:50

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-15q-ak.html

It ticks a number of boxes for me without being mega expensive.

BTVA · 10 Jan 2018 at 12:09

Dburrows said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-15q-ak.html

It ticks a number of boxes for me without being mega expensive.

I think it will work. 4k or above RAM might be hard for a 4 dimm board but Asrock z370 boards are solid in this case.

Silent_Scone · 10 Jan 2018 at 12:18

Go for the Apex. 4133 on 4 DIMM boards can be difficult to dial in.

Or if you're going Asrock, the Taichi as a minimum.

Dburrows · 10 Jan 2018 at 13:14

Corsair CMD16GX4M2B3466C16 Dominator Platinum DDR4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB ) 4000 MHz C19 XMP 2.0 Enthusiast Desktop Memory Kit with Dominator Airflow LED Fan Kit - nochange outa £240! savage

Looking at the above as a wiser choice then, not least cos it's marked as supported on the asrock site. 4133 is not. Elusive is the 4300mhz sticks. Overclockers don't stock it, nor does anyone else. Found one source for it - £360.99! ...I think not.

Ta for the heads up on where I'm at. Been baffling me this ddr4 lark.

(Excuse the oversized text by the way, heh. Please someone amend it if you can. Ta)

NirK · 10 Jan 2018 at 17:57

Silent_Scone said:
Go for the Apex. 4133 on 4 DIMM boards can be difficult to dial in.

Or if you're going Asrock, the Taichi as a minimum.

Why is the Taichi a minimum?

Silent_Scone · 11 Jan 2018 at 09:05

NirK said:
Why is the Taichi a minimum?

Because the memory rules likely aren't the same on the lower SKUs, plus I'm not sure on the rest on Asrock's side, such as layer count etc. For the best possible chance, you want the best board.

BTVA · 11 Jan 2018 at 09:18

I think the K6 is fine. Here it can run 4400Mhz so 4133Mhz probably just XMP enable.

8 Pack · 11 Jan 2018 at 09:49

I did not try this board but Taichi for sure can run 4266+ without issue.

On z270 the cheaper asrock boards also very solid for ram but in this generation I did not actually try it. Either way on 4 dimm a good imc is essential for, 4k plus

Dburrows · 11 Jan 2018 at 12:17

8 Pack said:
I did not try this board but Taichi for sure can run 4266+ without issue.

On z270 the cheaper asrock boards also very solid for ram but in this generation I did not actually try it. Either way on 4 dimm a good imc is essential for, 4k plus

Ok thank you.