How important that memory is listed in Motherboard documentation?

[Iamzod]

So i'm looking at an Asus AM5 board but all of the memory kits i'm looking at are missing, for example I can see no CL30 crucial parts listed.

Are these lists just not updated often are are there really only 4 Crucial memory kits supported all at CL40? Seems odd.

 

[Jim99]

Not too important. The whole thing is a bit of a mess - as mobo manufacturer, Asus would test a few kits and confirm that the mobo is compatible with those, but they aren't going to test every single kit / config / revision because it would take absolutely forever.

 

[Iamzod]

Not too important. The whole thing is a bit of a mess - as mobo manufacturer, Asus would test a few kits and confirm that the mobo is compatible with those, but they aren't going to test every single kit / config / revision because it would take absolutely forever.

I thought so. I'll take the plunge then!

 

[Shilz]

So i'm looking at an Asus AM5 board but all of the memory kits i'm looking at are missing, for example I can see no CL30 crucial parts listed.

Are these lists just not updated often are are there really only 4 Crucial memory kits supported all at CL40? Seems odd.

Crucial Micron does not have a CL30 kit (to my knowledge) so you wont find this listed anyway.

 

[Tetras]

So i'm looking at an Asus AM5 board but all of the memory kits i'm looking at are missing, for example I can see no CL30 crucial parts listed.

Are these lists just not updated often are are there really only 4 Crucial memory kits supported all at CL40? Seems odd.

Crucial abandoned the high-end market when they EOL'd the Ballistix brand. They do a few OC kits now, but they're still pretty conservative compared to what you can buy elsewhere.

 

[Iamzod]

My bad, I was mixing corsair & crucial up.

 

[JollyJamma]

So i'm looking at an Asus AM5 board but all of the memory kits i'm looking at are missing, for example I can see no CL30 crucial parts listed.

Are these lists just not updated often are are there really only 4 Crucial memory kits supported all at CL40? Seems odd.

TLDR: Not very important as has already been stated.

Sometimes a manufacturer will also add RAM kits to the QVL list that are golden samples of that kit to make it seem like the motherboard can do insane speeds (like 8000 MT/s+) which is often impossible for any consumer to achieve.

As long as it's good quality RAM, it should be fine. Just don't go for 4 DIMM kits at the moment - DDR5 much prefers 2 DIMM kits and stick to 6000CL30.

You can always overclock a kit of 6000CL30 to 6200CL30 (or better) but what's nice is that if you need to clear the CMOS, it'll just default to the most compatible speed/latency combo for AM5.

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Practically useless beyond the first few weeks of a new generation/standard. They aren't continually updated, nor is there any guarantee you're even getting the same RAM as what's on the QVL (IC's are sometimes switched, even while maintaining the same model #)