Am buying parts for a new system, and need to find memory for an Asus Z87 Pro.
Question is, how important is it that it's on the manufacturer list of compatible memory?
I have decided on 32 GB of 1866 Mhz. The listed compatibles are:
These modules are available (although not cheap). The first one is prohibitively expensive, the next 2 are within range although still painful, especially compared to prices a year ago.
I certainly have built systems, stuck in available memory and booted fine/worked, but then I did notice memory/MB behavior problems that surfaced later in the life of the components.
Just to make matters more complicated, Asus is specifying Version 3.23 on the Corsair memory and there is no version specified on Amazon or NewEgg. How would I find out the version of these memory modules? Is this important too?
Question is, how important is it that it's on the manufacturer list of compatible memory?
I have decided on 32 GB of 1866 Mhz. The listed compatibles are:
Corsair CMT32GX3M4X1866C9(Ver3.23)
Corsair CMZ32GX3M4X1866C10 (Ver3.23)
G. Skill F3-1866C9Q-32GXM
Corsair CMZ32GX3M4X1866C10 (Ver3.23)
G. Skill F3-1866C9Q-32GXM
These modules are available (although not cheap). The first one is prohibitively expensive, the next 2 are within range although still painful, especially compared to prices a year ago.
I certainly have built systems, stuck in available memory and booted fine/worked, but then I did notice memory/MB behavior problems that surfaced later in the life of the components.
Just to make matters more complicated, Asus is specifying Version 3.23 on the Corsair memory and there is no version specified on Amazon or NewEgg. How would I find out the version of these memory modules? Is this important too?