Question 1

I'm hoping to save money and use my old RAM from 2015, will this board work with G.SKILL 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM @1333? (This RAM: https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram/p /N82E16820231486?Item=N82E16820231486

Accepted Answer

wont work, sorry.  DDR4 runs at 1.2volts and DDR3 runs at 1.5 volts.  electrically incompatible.

not sure you would want to do that if you could - it would be like taking 4 spark plugs out of your V8 and taking it to the track.

Question 2

Why does this board sport 4 slots for memory(quad), but only supports dual channels? Even the Ryzen cpu only supports dual channels? What am I missing?

Accepted Answer

Because it supports two sticks per channel.  That's normal for most CPUs provided the electrical load for the sticks is low enough.  The QVL should show you which memory sticks are supported and what configuration.

The number of channels has to do with the interleave factor.  With two channels, the memory in one channel is interleaved with the second channel to improve performance.  The number of channels limitation comes from how many pins come from the memory controller, the number of sticks per channel is limited by the electrical load that can be driven by the controller.

Question 3

Can this be used with M.2 SSDs that have their own Heat Sink factory installed or will the heat sink on the MB be in the way?

Accepted Answer

Yes. I got aorus m2 ssd 1tb from gigabyte. The board has its on heat sinks, but you do jot have to use them. Just remove and put yours. Word of advise do not use theower m2 port (the short one) it would disable 2 of your sata ports. Use the upper or the middle one. Gigabyte is the best!

Question 4

The memory compatibility list shows makes it look like it only handles up to 16gb of memory in 8x2 configuration.  Is that correct?  I am wanting to use 32gb of memory in a 16x2 configuration.

Accepted Answer

The X570 boards can have up to 128GB memory.  These are all the suggest configs, regardless of the brand of memory:  2x8, 4x8, 2x16, 4x16, 2x32, 4x32.  You could also mix different 2x configs, such as having 2x8 with2x16, which would then give you 48GB memory.  The best rules are that you have matched memory in the slots the board says are the matched slots, and don't use single DIMMs, meaning don't put in only 1 DIMM, so you should never have an odd number of DIMMs.  This has a negative affect on performance.

Other than that, there are many brands and models you can use, but best to either see that the memory works in a QVL or listed in some other way, or ask either the MB maker or memory maker.

Question 5

Does the extra four pin MB power connector have to be populated and if not does it make a difference with overclocking?

Accepted Answer

It doesn't need it but I would plug it in if I was using a higher wattage CPU.  A 3700x will not go over 80w but a 3900x will go above 120w.   And depending on the quality of the PSU, one 4 pin 12v might not have a lot of overhead watts.  If your overclocking, then absolutely use both 4 pin connectors or P4 connections.  If you get a decent PSU it will probably have an EPS12V 8 pin or 2 4+4 P4 connectors.

Question 6

I'm trying to determine the highest rating of memory I can install in this board.  The specs say it supports up to 4400 overclocked, but only up to 3200 natural.  How should I interpret this?  Can I install DDR4 4400 sticks in this board or am I restricted to installing 3200 and boosting voltages?

Accepted Answer

I activated the XMP profile for G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 4x8GB
(32GB) DIMM DDR4. It's running clocked @ 3600 MHz. So the motherboard runs memory at above 3200 for sure.

Question 7

Can run M.2 in all 3 slots and if so are there any draw backs from doing so?

Accepted Answer

Multiple M.2 slots allow you to setup extra storage similar to SATA but 4x faster.  RAID 0 is also possible.  The only down side I see is extra power, heat, resources used.  Multiple boot sequences, drive partitions.

Question 8

I am confuse why does the 3 m.2 that is 4.0 pcie dont have full length there pcie slot on top of it making it shorter is there small m.2 with full speed m.2?

Accepted Answer

Yes, one of the ports for an NVMe drive is shorter than the others, so it won't take the longest NVMe devices, but the most common is 2280, and even the shortest slot takes that.  The specs listed on this page show each port and the drives they will hold.

Question 9

Do I need to use the Antenna to get the Bluetooth capabilities?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you need to use the antenna to get the Bluetooth capabilities, as the motherboard features Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax and Bluetooth 5.0, which are supported by the antenna connectors.

Question 10

Will this motherboard be able to fit a corsair h100i platinum with all 4 dimm slots filled?

Accepted Answer

I don't see why not it's a full size ATX board not a micro.  I run a stock AMD 3800 CPU w/fan. Plently of space. Corsair would not design something that poorly.  Water cooler fits over the CPU to replace fan.

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