Need Ram Help? Confused??

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Kev7274

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I've got an i7-7700k on the way and have been shopping for ram. I was going to go with DDR4 3200,but then saw in the i7 specs that DDR4 2400 is the max supported.

On the other hand,my Motherboard says in the specs.....
  • DDR4 4133(O.C.)/ 4000(O.C.)/ 3866(O.C.)/ 3733(O.C.)/ 3600(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(O.C.)
Would getting the 3200 been a waste of money? Should I just grab some 2400?
Pc will be used strictly for gaming. Specs below in case it helps.


i7-7700k
Asus GTX 1070
Asus ROG MAximus IX Hero Z270
 
DDR 2400 is the max default speed. You can run faster RAM and in some cases it will help depending on the game/application.
 
Looks like the price difference between 2400 and 3200 is not that big of a difference.
 
high ram speeds improve cpu performance when it has to go outside its cache mostly though lower latency but bandwidth matters to
anything over 2400 is overclocking the memory controller on the cpu but with a decent mb they usually have no problem with ~3200 which doesn't cost much extra

for a nice expensive overclockers mb like that i would consider a 3200c14 kit
thats what i went with for my z170 maximus gene and it runs 3866 16-16-16 1.425v
 
exactly what i have but in red $139 from newegg hope it serves you well
 
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