ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1

Bride wrote: moehunter wrote: I have been struggling to find memory for this board Z170A-X1/3.1 and like your suggestion but they are not listed on the compatible list? Have you used these sticks and found them to work?  I am building a simple non gaming machine and its becoming a huge hassle finding compatible memory for this board and I'm now looking at other boards but this one fits my needs its just pissing me off finding memory I can be assured will work Your suggestion below G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Intel X99 Platform Extreme Performance Memory Model F4-3000C15D-16GRBB             sry but I just checked out this forum after a long time... with my memory kit I'm working fine, also overclocked the frequency at 3000MHz from 2400MHz...

The memory support list for this board is huge, I gave up trying to count the number of entries it has:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170A-X13.1/index.us.asp?cat=Memory

You are lucky that this G.SKILL memory works well with a Skylake system. G.SKILL does not include any Z170 systems in their QVL for this model:

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3000c15d-16grbb

DDR4 memory can be difficult to use, since the XMP parameters needed for X99 and Intel 100 series chipset boards are different. Do you use the XMP profile, or did you set the memory settings manually?

Bride wrote: well, actually at 4.6GHz I can't increase my overclock at 4.7GHz ~ 4.9GHz for an overvoltage limitation. I can give a +300mV reaching 1.368V but I need probably 1.40V or 1.45V. Temperatures are under control without CPU's throttling (max. 80C).   There is a way for have a BIOS update on this motherboard that allow to reach these voltages?

This board only has a five phase CPU VRM design, with a small heat sink, so the VCore voltage limitation protects it from damage. As you experienced, there was throttling due to VR over heating. Adding additional cooling can help, but you should monitor the VRM temperature, if possible.

The maximum VID/VCore voltage for a Skylake processor is 1.52V. A few high end over clocking boards may have features to override that value.

The CPU Core Current Limit option in the OC Tweaker screen may allow you to use a higher voltage, but you do so at your own risk, given the CPU VRM design of this board.

Also, the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility might let you set the VCore higher, again at your own risk:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU-