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Asus P8Z68-V LX, Kingston HyperX blu 2x4GB, Will It Work?

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TomBk

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Can the subject motherboard work with the subject memory modules?

Neither Asus nor Kingston specifically recommends this use pairing.

The Kingston HyperX line is designed to provide extreme performance and be overclockable. I don't think I'll be overclocking the memory though.

The blu line is the entry level of three HyperX levels, and comes in speeds of 1333 @ 1.5V or 1600@1.65V.
 
In the Bios you can set the performance on the RAM in both speed and voltage but I would save myself the headache and just buy the Kingston HyperX 1600 1.5v. The 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors only support memory at 1.5v ±5%.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team
 
If you buy 1600 @1.65 and then set the voltage to 1.5, you are potentially underclocking it. Why go through the hassle? its always recommended to you a memory that runs at 1.5v stock and then if you want you can OC it. best option as mentioned above is buying a 1600 @ 1.5v.
And basically any DDR3 memory will work fine on any motherboard, just make sure you get one that runs on stock at 1.5v
 
IntelEnthusiast said:
I would save myself the headache and just buy the Kingston HyperX 1600 1.5v. The 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors only support memory at 1.5v ±5%.
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Hi Christian,
That Kingston HyperX you suggest costs $160 for 16G; but the Kingston HyperX blu I am asking about was on sale for $70 with $30 worth of mail in rebates for a final cost of $40 (for the 1333.) For that difference, I'm willing to put up with a little extra work.

The rebates (and possibly the sale) expired Monday so I had to decide whether to buy it by then, and I did, even though I was unsure if it would work. (It would be possible to exchange it.)

The 1600 cost only $10 more than the 1333 for 16GB, which is a small enough premium I chose to get that. I was (not confidently) thinking that the worst that would happen is the 1600 would run at 1333.

By the way, which Intel processors are 2nd Generation?

I had read on some forum Sandy Bridge supported memory voltages up to 1.65V. Is that incorrect?
 
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