Question 1

Will this work with Gigabyte z170X gaming 7 mobo?

Accepted Answer

This ram has been validated on intel Skylake Z170based platforms. It should work on any motherboard using these CPU's and Chipsets no matter which motherboard they are on. Now weather or not it will run at the rated speed and latency settings is up to the quality of you CPU's integrated memory controller.

Question 2

anyone know what the "installed" height of these are. worried about fit under a large tower cooler. believe listed height is before install so minus 10cm or 1/4 inch or so i should be ok just looking to confirm. dark rock pro 3 is HUGE lol?

Accepted Answer

The "installed" height of the F4-3200C16D-16GTZ is 1 and 9/16 inches as measured from the top of the memory socket to the top of the memory board.  You would need to add the height of the memory socket to determine total height from the board to top of RAM stick.  If my original incorrect answer posted, please disregard it.  The correct height from top of memory socket to top of memory stick is 1 and 9/16 inches

Question 3

Will this ram work with the upcoming amd zen Cpu ?

Accepted Answer

AMD documents state a maximum clock rate of 2400MHz so 3200MHz would be overclocking your RAM by 33%.  This is what I am doing with an ASUS Intel based Z170-Deluxe board, but I don't know how easy it will be with an AMD board.  I am still not completely sure that the 3200MHz clock rate is 100% stable in my system.

Question 4

will it work with an x99 mobo? I have the asus rog x99 strix

Accepted Answer

From my review of your motherboard's specs. there shouldn't be any problem accommodating this memory. But it's always a good idea to check with the motherboard's manufacturer.
We've had this memory (16 GB) installed in our Z170 system for about six months now. No problems attributable to the memory. Works just fine.

Question 5

Can you take the red part out to paint over?

Accepted Answer

I google'd "Gskill tridentz heatspreader mods" and i saw and image with them take off as well as other models that are faster and different colors then what we have now

Question 6

does any one have this memory in a intel Z270 MB?  Curious if this is good memory to buy for that chipset?

Accepted Answer

Runs flawlessly in my Asus Strix 270E Gaming motherboard. Even with minor overclocking.

Question 7

does it work well with an AMD core?

Accepted Answer

? I’m using them on a intel chip set  but they do work good so I’m sure you’ll be happy 😊

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