mobo and ram compatability

[dammaddavid]

just ordered the bits for a new gaming rig but am now not sure about the compatability of my ram and motherboard
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 and corsair vengeance 8gb (1866mhz)
the mobo spec says it supports 240 pin ddr3 upto 2133 mhz oc
but when i look at http://www.asrock.com/mb/memory.asp?Model=Z68 Extreme4 i cant see the mem on the supported list.... any info on this would be great.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Aye, it will be fine. The memory supported list is just a small list of memory that they specifically tested with the board, there are so many different RAM kit models out there that they can't test close to all of them. So long as the memory you pick matches the specs then you will be fine and that vengeance kit will be fine.

That said, unless you are using applications that are really memory heavy then I would save yourself a bit of money (plus avoid CPU cooler clearance issues) and get this excellent kit instead.

Here is an article that shows the real-world performance difference between different frequency/timing memory in a sandy bridge system.

 

[dammaddavid]

cheers mate, at workj at the mo and boss started sniffing abou so ill have a look when the coast is clear