Asus PRIME Z490-P - Memory Configurations

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
Memory configurations
Youmayinstall2GB,4GB,8GB,16GB,and32GBunbufferedandnon-ECCDDR4
DIMMsintotheDIMMsockets.
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configuration.Anyexcess
memoryfromthehigher-sizedchannelisthenmappedforsingle-channeloperation.
• 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efficientmemorycoolingsystemtosupportafull
memoryload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.