I'm sourcing parts for a new rig, my first in a decade.
I've pretty much settled on G.Skill, and prefer to have RGB. Props to the Marketing and Product departments, I guess
Anyway, I was looking to just max things out at 128GB, but have learned that B-die is a thing. And yeah that's going to need to happen now. But seems like I should expect 64GB max...
I've already purchased the Gigabyte Aorus Master motherboard, and am disinclined to revisit that selection. I'll be using a 10850K.
Question 1: What is G.Skill's process/rigor for testing/adding to the QVL? If there isn't a board listed for a given product, but that board is listed on others, should it effectively be concluded that it has been tested and confirmed not to be supported?
All that is background to say I'd really like to be able to use these sticks. Please and thank you? (Not that it looks like they're available anywhere yet.)
Question 2: The QVL for Neo products lists my Z490 board. Is there really any functional difference that would matter to me being that I'm running an Intel chip? The heat spreader color is slightly different. But functionally all the same? If I can find a Neo kit in stock and the equivalent Trident Z RGB option is unavailable/more expensive, aesthetic considerations aside, I'm good to go?
Question 3 (perhaps a variant of #1): What about F4-4000C18Q-128GTZR? The QVL just has a handful of X299 boards. This is fairly new; is testing yet to be completed?
Question 4: Also there is F4-3200C14Q-128GTZR brand new and not available anywhere yet as far as I can tell. This one lists a few Z490 boards, but not mine. Is that maybe coming? Is the underlying issue here that the motherboard manufacturers commonly need to have a BIOS update released to bring these things together?
tl;dr - I want the best. Prefer to max out 128GB for future-proofing. Happy enough to do 64GB if it's the only guaranteed b-die/best timing/performance I can get. What do I buy?
Thanks!
I've pretty much settled on G.Skill, and prefer to have RGB. Props to the Marketing and Product departments, I guess
Anyway, I was looking to just max things out at 128GB, but have learned that B-die is a thing. And yeah that's going to need to happen now. But seems like I should expect 64GB max...
I've already purchased the Gigabyte Aorus Master motherboard, and am disinclined to revisit that selection. I'll be using a 10850K.
Question 1: What is G.Skill's process/rigor for testing/adding to the QVL? If there isn't a board listed for a given product, but that board is listed on others, should it effectively be concluded that it has been tested and confirmed not to be supported?
Consider: F4-3600C14Q-64GTZR
I believe this is the product announcement: https://gskill.com/community/1502239...x4)-Memory-Kit
Which makes note of - MSI MEG Z490 GODLIKE
But the QVL for it doesn't list that: https://gskill.com/qvl/165/166/16043...14Q-64GTZR-Qvl
Maybe I've got something wrong? Or is this so new that things are still being tested?
I believe this is the product announcement: https://gskill.com/community/1502239...x4)-Memory-Kit
Which makes note of - MSI MEG Z490 GODLIKE
But the QVL for it doesn't list that: https://gskill.com/qvl/165/166/16043...14Q-64GTZR-Qvl
Maybe I've got something wrong? Or is this so new that things are still being tested?
All that is background to say I'd really like to be able to use these sticks. Please and thank you? (Not that it looks like they're available anywhere yet.)
Question 2: The QVL for Neo products lists my Z490 board. Is there really any functional difference that would matter to me being that I'm running an Intel chip? The heat spreader color is slightly different. But functionally all the same? If I can find a Neo kit in stock and the equivalent Trident Z RGB option is unavailable/more expensive, aesthetic considerations aside, I'm good to go?
Question 3 (perhaps a variant of #1): What about F4-4000C18Q-128GTZR? The QVL just has a handful of X299 boards. This is fairly new; is testing yet to be completed?
Question 4: Also there is F4-3200C14Q-128GTZR brand new and not available anywhere yet as far as I can tell. This one lists a few Z490 boards, but not mine. Is that maybe coming? Is the underlying issue here that the motherboard manufacturers commonly need to have a BIOS update released to bring these things together?
tl;dr - I want the best. Prefer to max out 128GB for future-proofing. Happy enough to do 64GB if it's the only guaranteed b-die/best timing/performance I can get. What do I buy?
Thanks!
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