Question 1

Does this ram work with the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming motherboard?

Accepted Answer

no as the z97 series of boards only use ddr3. you want to be looking at the z170 series for ddr4. unfortunately there are not many, but if youre looking for a ddr4 board i got an asus z170-A mobo that works great with this RAM.

Question 2

Would it be possible to paint the red parts a white color?

Accepted Answer

Anything is possible. Will it adversely affect the ram? Probably not if you do it right. Ask G.Skill customer support.

Question 3

Will this memory work on the Asus Z397 platform? Thanks for your help

Accepted Answer

My advise would be to go to the Asus website support.  Find your motherboard and check the list of supported memory.  That's what I did.

Question 4

does anyone know if this kit is samsung b die or hynix chips? trying to get better ram for my ryzen 7 on the asus b350 prime. thanks

Accepted Answer

These are Dual Rank Samsung D-Die. I'm running an R5 1600 and Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3, and I'm able to get these to run at 2933 MHz CL14 timings.

Question 5

does this specific ram set support 4 x 8gb if you would buy a second set of 2 x 8gb in the future or should I go for the F4-3200C16D-16GTZ set instead?

Accepted Answer

Should be fine as long as you get the same memory.  Depending on the motherboard, you can even use different sets, the ASUS Maximus VIII series for example allows for different capacity sets in each dual channel set of slots.

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