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2018/11/19 15:03:40 (permalink)
I am looking at building a new gaming PC for myself and I found the CPU I want to use, the Intel i7-8086K. I always come to EVGA for most of my hardware but I am confused a bit... The Intel site says the CPU wants DDR4-2666 while the motherboard (z370 series) says DDR4-4133+ ... Does this mean the motherboard can use that range but the CPU will be most effecient with the -2666?
 
On a related note I have a set of 128GB of CORSAIR Dominator Platinum DDR4-3200MHz .. If the Motherboard's support trumps the CPU's support, can I split this RAM in half and use 64GB with one of the z370 boards?? (Only reason I asked is pcpartspicker implied it was incompatible for other reasons than just the number of slots it would take).
 
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    Re: Intel - Core i7-8086K 4 GHz 6-Core Processor and an EVGA Board... RAM Question 2018/11/19 15:21:12 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby Sraet 2018/11/19 16:20:38
    2666 MHz is the highest Intel recommends/supports. Anything higher than 2666 MHz is considered overclocking. 4133+ on the board means the board can support up to that if the cpu is willing to allow your ram to run that high. Splitting the ram should be just fine.


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    Re: Intel - Core i7-8086K 4 GHz 6-Core Processor and an EVGA Board... RAM Question 2018/11/19 16:16:09 (permalink)
    The 'CPU is willing' means 'you have to try it out and see if it actually works' right?
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    Re: Intel - Core i7-8086K 4 GHz 6-Core Processor and an EVGA Board... RAM Question 2018/11/19 16:18:24 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Sraet 2018/11/19 16:20:35
    True, you just seek up on the frequency while monitoring the temps on both CPU and Memory.  Then if it boots and runs stable, your good to go.  

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    Re: Intel - Core i7-8086K 4 GHz 6-Core Processor and an EVGA Board... RAM Question 2018/11/19 16:22:15 (permalink)
    Thanks for the answers and information.. Back to parting together the pieces hopefully in time for all the sales I am sure are about to avoid everything I want to put into the system!
     
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