mobo help.

[dayvurd]

so im building a new rig. im getting the ASUS® Z97-E: ATX with SLI/XFIRE. now what i really want to know is the Z97 series motherboards A through E are obviously different...but whats different?

another thing is that id like to know is is there a maximum mhz of ram memory you can place onto a motherboard? i wouldn't want to buy some that would be too fast for the board to use. i was after 8GB kingston hyper x 2400mhz. got a really nice price for it too.

thanks

 

[Dawelio]

Not sure why you've made 2 threads on this matter...

For the letter names I don't really know... someone else is gonna have to reply to that.

For the memory, find an desired motherboard and look at it's memory specifications... not sure on the top of my head here, but I'd guess there's like an standard across the lot.

 

[Wraith]

Z97-Deluxe, Z97-Pro, Z97-Pro-ac, Z97-A, Z97-AR are mid to highend boards, Z97-C, Z97-K, Z97M-Plus, Z97I-Plus and Z97-WS are workstation boards, H97-Pro, H97-Plus, H97M-Plus, H97M-E & H97I-Plus are lower end budget boards and then what we have left are the Maximus, Formula and Ranger boards which are top end gaming. I hope that clears that up for you.

If you need to know any more check out Asus website for all specs and variants of 97 chipset boards.

 

[dayvurd]

Not sure why you've made 2 threads on this matter...

For the letter names I don't really know... someone else is gonna have to reply to that.

For the memory, find an desired motherboard and look at it's memory specifications... not sure on the top of my head here, but I'd guess there's like an standard across the lot.

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Yeah sorry about making the two posts i made the first one in the wrong one, i did comment on it and ask for it to be removed by admin but i dont think its been done yet. Thanks for the info on the memory

Z97-Deluxe, Z97-Pro, Z97-Pro-ac, Z97-A, Z97-AR are mid to highend boards, Z97-C, Z97-K, Z97M-Plus, Z97I-Plus and Z97-WS are workstation boards, H97-Pro, H97-Plus, H97M-Plus, H97M-E & H97I-Plus are lower end budget boards and then what we have left are the Maximus, Formula and Ranger boards which are top end gaming. I hope that clears that up for you.

If you need to know any more check out Asus website for all specs and variants of 97 chipset boards.

Ah that does indeed clear alot up. Mines the z97-E its a good board but im not exactly sure how good there is so many varients its hard to kinda figure out whats what

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Not sure why you've made 2 threads on this matter...

For the letter names I don't really know... someone else is gonna have to reply to that.

For the memory, find an desired motherboard and look at it's memory specifications... not sure on the top of my head here, but I'd guess there's like an standard across the lot.

im a bit unsure, but this is the memory specs for the Z97-E im getting. if you could clear this up for me that would be great. im guessing O.C is overclock? and the 1600/1333 is the standard without an O.C?

Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 3200(O.C.)/3100(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2600(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2250(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333 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.
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

 

[Dawelio]

Yeah sorry about making the two posts i made the first one in the wrong one, i did comment on it and ask for it to be removed by admin but i dont think its been done yet. Thanks for the info on the memory

Ah that does indeed clear alot up. Mines the z97-E its a good board but im not exactly sure how good there is so many varients its hard to kinda figure out whats what

im a bit unsure, but this is the memory specs for the Z97-E im getting. if you could clear this up for me that would be great. im guessing O.C is overclock? and the 1600/1333 is the standard without an O.C?

Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 3200(O.C.)/3100(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2600(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2250(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333 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.
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

Also... not to be a cop on your ass, but use the multi-qoute (

) next time, instead of posting 3 posts after each other (spamming).

Otherwise you'll get the mods after you and they do not like that stuff, trust me

 

[dayvurd]

Also... not to be a cop on your ass, but use the multi-qoute (

) next time, instead of posting 3 posts after each other (spamming).

Otherwise you'll get the mods after you and they do not like that stuff, trust me

haha sorry im a complete noob to this forum

 

[Dawelio]

haha sorry im a complete noob to this forum

No worries mate, even I was once too... hence why I'm pointing you in the right direction so you don't have to deal with the mods etc which I had to

 

[dayvurd]

No worries mate, even I was once too... hence why I'm pointing you in the right direction so you don't have to deal with the mods etc which I had to

im a bit unsure, but this is the memory specs for the Z97-E im getting. if you could clear this up for me that would be great. im guessing O.C is overclock? and the 1600/1333 is the standard without an O.C?

Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 3200(O.C.)/3100(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2600(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2250(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333 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.
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

thanks for pointing that out. do you think you could tell me what all of this means?

 

[Doomslayer]

thanks for pointing that out. do you think you could tell me what all of this means?

With the (O.C) ones you have to manually set it up in the UFEI or you can use the setting in the UFEI for XMP.

TBH i thought i would be hard to set memory up manually but it's so easy

 

[dayvurd]

With the (O.C) ones you have to manually set it up in the UFEI or you can use the setting in the UFEI for XMP.

TBH i thought i would be hard to set memory up manually but it's so easy

so if i wanted to get some ram that was higher than the standard Mhz of the board id just have to do it manually? so the hyper x 2400 mhz would be fine for this MoBo?

 

[Doomslayer]

so if i wanted to get some ram that was higher than the standard Mhz of the board id just have to do it manually? so the hyper x 2400 mhz would be fine for this MoBo?

I would say so, But with the Hyper X memory it does come in 2 different voltages.

1.5 V & 1.65 V operating voltages enable stable overclocking

 

[dayvurd]

I would say so, But with the Hyper X memory it does come in 2 different voltages.

1.5 V & 1.65 V operating voltages enable stable overclocking

well im thinking i may downgrade. ive just saw some benchmarks from 800mhz to 2400 mhz and there was a 0.4 fps change...so that really kinda blew up my idea of 2400mhz ram haha

 

[Doomslayer]

well im thinking i may downgrade. ive just saw some benchmarks from 800mhz to 2400 mhz and there was a 0.4 fps change...so that really kinda blew up my idea of 2400mhz ram haha

No problem.

Just wait to see if anyone else posts as well there are people on this forum who know more then me.

 

[Dawelio]

I'm not really all that sure about RAM speeds, but I wouldn't put my money down on an 2400Mhz kit than an 1600Mhz kit, as the difference between the 2 is quite small and doesn't really show any difference in real life use to be honest.

I mean, I went from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz in the BIOS... what did it do?, absolutely nothing. Like I didn't even change it lol...

 

[Doomslayer]

I'm not really all that sure about RAM speeds, but I wouldn't put my money down on an 2400Mhz kit than an 1600Mhz kit, as the difference between the 2 is quite small and doesn't really show any difference in real life use to be honest.

I mean, I went from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz in the BIOS... what did it do?, absolutely nothing. Like I didn't even change it lol...

It depends on what your doing on your system. Speed does make a difference in what your doing.

 

[dayvurd]

I'm not really all that sure about RAM speeds, but I wouldn't put my money down on an 2400Mhz kit than an 1600Mhz kit, as the difference between the 2 is quite small and doesn't really show any difference in real life use to be honest.

I mean, I went from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz in the BIOS... what did it do?, absolutely nothing. Like I didn't even change it lol...

haha yeah its like the benchmarks i just seen, it seemed that 4gb was never exceeded at all. even when the ram was increased to 8gb 1600mhz it stayed the same fps. i think ill go browse the memory dept.

 

[Dawelio]

It depends on what your doing on your system. Speed does make a difference in what your doing.

Obviously it does, but what kind of stuff is what I mean?... gaming, rendering etc?...

Rendering I can imagine, but gaming?, nahh...

 

[Doomslayer]

Obviously it does, but what kind of stuff is what I mean?... gaming, rendering etc?...

Rendering I can imagine, but gaming?, nahh...

Not really for gaming, But if your building a APU system then from what i know is speed does make a difference.

 

[dayvurd]

Obviously it does, but what kind of stuff is what I mean?... gaming, rendering etc?...

Rendering I can imagine, but gaming?, nahh...

Not really for gaming, But if your building a APU system then from what i know is speed does make a difference.

i think from what ive learned so far, 8GB at 1600mhz sound like a sweet spot. i think 16gb for the rig i have maybe a waste due to it not even being used. im only going to be gaming at 1080p anyway. im not really fussed on 1140p or 4k

 

[AlienALX]

so if i wanted to get some ram that was higher than the standard Mhz of the board id just have to do it manually? so the hyper x 2400 mhz would be fine for this MoBo?

No. Usually memory has an XMP setting that will set it up to the factory settings. Just enable XMP in the bios and it should set everything up for you according to the spec of the RAM.