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Maximus viii hero ram upgrade.

xJiyuu
Level 7
hello, i am planning of upgrading my current ram (2x8 2133 mhz) to (2x16 3000mhz), but i dont know if my board supports that kind of setup. any suggestions or help? thank you in advance.

Current setup:
Maximus 8 hero
i7 6700K
2X8 2133Mhz
Gtx 980ti
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pete_agreatguy
Level 8
Check out the Memory Qualified Vendor List here.

With your setup being an Intel system, you should not have major issues with any of the following RAM though:

3800(O.C.)/3733(O.C.)/3600(O.C.)/3500(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3333(O.C.)/3300(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory


I would recommend G Skill.

pete_agreatguy wrote:
Check out the Memory Qualified Vendor List here.

With your setup being an Intel system, you should not have major issues with any of the following RAM though:



I would recommend G Skill.


thank for reaching, after using 3200mhz do i need to tweak or leave the settings itself? And in the future can i do quad *channels of 16gb?*

You will need to set the XMP Profile settings for the ram to run at the advertised speeds (3200mhz) in the bios yes.

Otherwise the ram will run at JEDEC default settings.

Not sure what you mean by quad channel of 16GB's?

According to your motherboards specs:

4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3800(O.C.)/3733(O.C.)/3600(O.C.)/3500(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3333(O.C.)/3300(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.


So if I understand your query correctly, you can run 4x 16GB DIMMS.

However, depending on your usage, do you really need 64GB?

If only gaming, then 16GB is enough for now.