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1-8 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.4 System memory
1.4.1 Overview
This motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 4 (DDR4) Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) sockets. A DDR4 module is notched differently from a DDR, DDR2, or DDR3 module.
DO NOT install a DDR, DDR2, or DDR3 memory module to the DDR4 slot.
According to Intel
®
CPU spec, DIMM voltage below 1.65 V is recommended to protect the
CPU.
1.4.2 Memory configurations
You may install 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR4 DIMMs into the
DIMM sockets. You can refer to the recommended memory population below.
Recommended memory configurations
Z170 PRO GAMING 288-pin DDR4 DIMM sockets
DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2