Asus ROG STRIX B450-I GAMING [20/92] Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

Chapter 1

Memory configurations

Youmayinstall2GB,4GB,8GB,and16GBunbufferedandnon-ECCDDR4DIMMsinto

theDIMMsockets.

• ThedefaultmemoryoperationfrequencyisdependentonitsSerialPresenceDetect

(SPD),whichisthestandardwayofaccessinginformationfromamemorymodule.

Underthedefaultstate,somememorymodulesforoverclockingmayoperateata

lowerfrequencythanthevendor-markedvalue.

• Forsystemstability,useamoreefcientmemorycoolingsystemtosupportafull

memoryload(2DIMMs)oroverclockingcondition.

• AlwaysinstalltheDIMMSwiththesameCASLatency.Foranoptimumcompatibility,

werecommendthatyouinstallmemorymodulesofthesameversionordatacode

(D/C)fromthesamevendor.Checkwiththevendortogetthecorrectmemory

modules.

• VisittheASUSwebsiteforthelatestQVL.

YoumayinstallvaryingmemorysizesinChannelAandChannelB.Thesystemmapsthe

totalsizeofthelower-sizedchannelforthedual-channelconguration.Anyexcessmemory

fromthehigher-sizedchannelisthenmappedforsingle-channeloperation.

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