How to verify that my RAM is compatible?

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I replaced my “MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX” with a “Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming” because the MSI had a really annoying coil-whine and the store I ordered it from didn’t have it in stock so I “upgraded” to the ASUS board. It will arrive on friday and the old board needs to be on its way back on monday.
I didn’t really think about the RAM compatibility when I ordered the new board so here I am…
My RAM is the G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (F4-3200C16D-32GTZRX) and it is not on the QVL (Link).
I get that that it does not necessarily mean it will not work.
If it works and at least it boots up: How would I verify that it really works at the speed I paid for (3200MHz) and will work in the future? A quick memtest? Some other burn in (memory) benchmarks? Any BIOS Settings I should change? I am really new to this PC building stuff and I guess that are the mistakes you make.

(The other problem might be that the BIOS is outdated for my 5 3600 but I guess that is unlikely since the version needed is out for almost a year. Wish me luck!)

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Generally speaking if it boots with it, and you can enable DOCP then you’re not likely to have issues down the road.

3200 isn’t some crazy spec at this point so I doubt you have much to worry about.

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I suppose it will work perfectly fine.
G.skill Trident Z memory kits are pretty common so.

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Thanks for calming me down :slight_smile:
The board arrived and works. Latest BIOS-Version was already on there.
D.O.C.P Profile #1 also works so far.
Anything I should do to test if its stable?

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you could run memtest from a live USB for 24 hours if you really want to put it through its paces but I would just use it as it is.

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Will definitely do that tonight when I go to bed and there are no other problems until then. Thank you!

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There’s probably a tests that will heat up the insides of your case while testing ram

. ram can faulter at higher temperatures, and motherboards and CPUs power delivery can get noisy and voltages can droop when using lots of power.

Maybe something like furmark + prime simultaneously?

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Thanks for all your help!
I did run memtest for a little bit over 24 hours without errors.
I also re encoded a video (ffmpeg) for over 17 hours while working on the same machine for about 12 hours. With a lot of chrome tabs open and a handful of electron apps running. only peaked at about 26GB of ram usage but it ran super stable and was incredibly snappy all the time. (so glad I choose 32gigs instead of only 16.)

I guess you can say the G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (F4-3200C16D-32GTZRX) (2 x 16GB) works fine on the Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming with the latest BIOS version (3003). (Hope I can help a future buyer with that information :slight_smile:)

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