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We have a new question for you, knowing that for our school of computer graphics in Montpellier (France), you helped us on March 2017 to choose the good G.Skill solution for our 49 computers. A very good choice! Thanks again.
Here is the configuration of those computers:
Case: Silent Base 800 Black be quite
Ventirad: Dark Rock Pro 3 be quiet
Power Supply: Dark Power Pro 11 750W be quiet
Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus IX Formula (DUAL CHANNEL, 4 DDR4-4133MHz slots, Z270 chipset, Socket LGA1151)
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K
RAM 32 GB: GSKILL Trident Z DDR4 32GB (2*16) 3200 MHz CL14 (CL 14-14-14-34) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
Graphics card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ROG STRIX O11G Gaming
Disc 1: Samsung 960 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe 512 GB
Disc 2: Samsung 960 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe 1 TB
Disc 3: WD Gold 10 TB SATA 3
Screen: LG 38UC99
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 64 bits, version 1909 (2)
Here is our question:
1) It seems that the MAXIMUS IX FORMULA motherboard has 4 slots dedicated to memory modules:
https://www.asus.com/fr/Motherboards...US-IX-FORMULA/
2) Each computer already has two 16 GB modules, so 32 GB of physical RAM in total.
> The reference of these two memory modules is:
GSKILL DDR4 32GB (2*16) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
and this reference is compatible with this motherboard.
> These two modules installed since October 2017 work very well, without problems.
> We chose them after comparing the performance of all competing modules and we absolutely want this particular reference, especially for its exceptional reliability, its performance and its huge margin of safety in overclocking:
the GSKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 MHz CL14 (CL 14-14-14-34),
which is compatible with the Intel Z270 chipset (of this motherboard)
> We chose this 2x16GB kit rather than the 4x8GB kit, because we have been told that in case we want to go from 32 GB to 64 GB, we would simply have to add two other modules 16 GB.
3) Thus, on each computer, two of the 2 slots are already used and 2 remain free.
4) We now urgently need 64 GB of physical RAM and, for that, we think we can simply add two other 16 GB modules on the 2 free slots.
>> Is it possible? YES - NO
5) For the sake of consistency, it seems to us that it is better for the 2 new modules to be identical to the 2 modules already in place rather than mismatching the installation.
>> Is this correct? YES - NO
6) In conclusion, we need to know if you confirm our choice
to keep the 2 GSKILL DDR4 32GB modules (2*16) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW already installed
and simply add 2 GSKILL DDR4 32GB modules (2*16) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
>> YES - NO
7) We come to you because the technical support of ASUS answered “no”, without explaining why (what could be the risk):
Mr Dhieb: servicecenter_emea@asus.com
8) He said that we can find in the QVL list the “memory modules compatible with the motherboard in 4DIMM”:
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...810.1568622131
9) I think we found them on page 5, but we are afraid of being wrong.
>> Is this the good reference F4-3200C14Q-64GTZ64GB (16GB*4)? YES - NO
>> If not, can you give us the good reference?
>> On the G.Skill website, under QVL oh this module, we did NOT see compatibility of this kit with the Intel Z270 chipset,
nor with our MAXIMUS IX FORMULA motherboard:
https://www.gskill.com/qvl/165/326/1...14Q-64GTZN-Qvl
10) Does it mean that we have to throw away the 49 kits of 2*16 GB modules already in place and replace them with a kit of 4 other 16 GB modules? YES - NO
>> The problem is that we have the budget to buy 49 kits of 2*16 GB modules, but not for 49 kits of 4*16 GB modules.
11) The technical support of ASUS invited us first to "use one so as not to have a problem". Does this mean that we should buy those kits of 4 modules and first install only one of these modules to test it and see if it turns out really compatible? YES - NO
12) The last but maybe the main question would be:
In our situation, what would be your solution, knowing that since 2017 you released new products and knowing that we need exceptional reliability, perfect compatibility with this motherboard, top performance and huge margin of safety in overclocking.
Thank you for your attention, because we are really afraid of making a mistake.
Regards,
J. Madouri
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We have a new question for you, knowing that for our school of computer graphics in Montpellier (France), you helped us on March 2017 to choose the good G.Skill solution for our 49 computers. A very good choice! Thanks again.
Here is the configuration of those computers:
Case: Silent Base 800 Black be quite
Ventirad: Dark Rock Pro 3 be quiet
Power Supply: Dark Power Pro 11 750W be quiet
Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus IX Formula (DUAL CHANNEL, 4 DDR4-4133MHz slots, Z270 chipset, Socket LGA1151)
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K
RAM 32 GB: GSKILL Trident Z DDR4 32GB (2*16) 3200 MHz CL14 (CL 14-14-14-34) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
Graphics card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ROG STRIX O11G Gaming
Disc 1: Samsung 960 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe 512 GB
Disc 2: Samsung 960 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe 1 TB
Disc 3: WD Gold 10 TB SATA 3
Screen: LG 38UC99
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 64 bits, version 1909 (2)
Here is our question:
1) It seems that the MAXIMUS IX FORMULA motherboard has 4 slots dedicated to memory modules:
https://www.asus.com/fr/Motherboards...US-IX-FORMULA/
2) Each computer already has two 16 GB modules, so 32 GB of physical RAM in total.
> The reference of these two memory modules is:
GSKILL DDR4 32GB (2*16) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
and this reference is compatible with this motherboard.
> These two modules installed since October 2017 work very well, without problems.
> We chose them after comparing the performance of all competing modules and we absolutely want this particular reference, especially for its exceptional reliability, its performance and its huge margin of safety in overclocking:
the GSKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 MHz CL14 (CL 14-14-14-34),
which is compatible with the Intel Z270 chipset (of this motherboard)
> We chose this 2x16GB kit rather than the 4x8GB kit, because we have been told that in case we want to go from 32 GB to 64 GB, we would simply have to add two other modules 16 GB.
3) Thus, on each computer, two of the 2 slots are already used and 2 remain free.
4) We now urgently need 64 GB of physical RAM and, for that, we think we can simply add two other 16 GB modules on the 2 free slots.
>> Is it possible? YES - NO
5) For the sake of consistency, it seems to us that it is better for the 2 new modules to be identical to the 2 modules already in place rather than mismatching the installation.
>> Is this correct? YES - NO
6) In conclusion, we need to know if you confirm our choice
to keep the 2 GSKILL DDR4 32GB modules (2*16) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW already installed
and simply add 2 GSKILL DDR4 32GB modules (2*16) F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW
>> YES - NO
7) We come to you because the technical support of ASUS answered “no”, without explaining why (what could be the risk):
Mr Dhieb: servicecenter_emea@asus.com
8) He said that we can find in the QVL list the “memory modules compatible with the motherboard in 4DIMM”:
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...810.1568622131
9) I think we found them on page 5, but we are afraid of being wrong.
>> Is this the good reference F4-3200C14Q-64GTZ64GB (16GB*4)? YES - NO
>> If not, can you give us the good reference?
>> On the G.Skill website, under QVL oh this module, we did NOT see compatibility of this kit with the Intel Z270 chipset,
nor with our MAXIMUS IX FORMULA motherboard:
https://www.gskill.com/qvl/165/326/1...14Q-64GTZN-Qvl
10) Does it mean that we have to throw away the 49 kits of 2*16 GB modules already in place and replace them with a kit of 4 other 16 GB modules? YES - NO
>> The problem is that we have the budget to buy 49 kits of 2*16 GB modules, but not for 49 kits of 4*16 GB modules.
11) The technical support of ASUS invited us first to "use one so as not to have a problem". Does this mean that we should buy those kits of 4 modules and first install only one of these modules to test it and see if it turns out really compatible? YES - NO
12) The last but maybe the main question would be:
In our situation, what would be your solution, knowing that since 2017 you released new products and knowing that we need exceptional reliability, perfect compatibility with this motherboard, top performance and huge margin of safety in overclocking.
Thank you for your attention, because we are really afraid of making a mistake.
Regards,
J. Madouri
SCRIBE
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