Does it matter if you use X370 or B350 memory with an X470 motherboard?

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Limp Gawd
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My current system that I just built last month is based on a ROG Strix X470 Gaming MoBo with a Ryzen 7 2700X cpu.
RAM is G.SKILL Flare X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) AMD X370 / B350 Memory (Desktop Memory) Model F4-3200C14D-16GFX

As you can see, it's description is X370 / B350, but I have an X470 MoBo

Is this a problem? It's working fine and set to 3200Mhz in Bios.

Would buying memory specifically for AMD X470 make much difference?
 
Thankfully RAM has a industry standard. It’s compatible with hour x470 and even x570 if the board fully supports the speed.
 
Looking at the QVL, Asus tested a LOT of G.skill RAM with that board, you should be more than fine with what you have.
 
That kit uses a half decent bin of Samsung b die chips which is still the fastest RAM available once overclocked.
 
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure the most important part for ram compatibility is the CPU right? Also I would wager that the x370 tuned ram would run even better on the updated board and more widely ram compatible CPU
 
Yeah, your fine. Should be able to do 3600C16 with those if you want to put a little work into it.
 
3600c16 will likely run with no change to v as the chips are a similar bin to 3200c14.
I run mine at 3600c14 1.485v
 
bluestang said:
Yeah, your fine. Should be able to do 3600C16 with those if you want to put a little work into it.
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I’m sure the kit could do that, but good luck on that being 100% stable on a second generation Ryzen.
 
Fairly standard really not many can hit 3600 on a 2700X and that is with 2x8GB although MB quality and knowing which sub timings to back off can have an effect.
4x8GB beyond 3200 would be vary rare I would imagine.
Also from what I have seen bandwidth\latency doesn't scale as well as you might expect beyond 3400 with 2700X.
 
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