Best Compatible RAM for ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming
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The ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming motherboard features the Z490 chipset and supports DDR4 memory modules. It holds up to 128GB of RAM across its 4 slots. The picks below are filtered to what this board can actually take, so kits it cannot address or has too few slots for are not in the list. Within that, dual-channel kits at the speed this platform is rated for come first, and price per gigabyte decides the order inside each group.
What the Z490 platform wants
Comet Lake flagship. Memory overclocking is unlocked, so DDR4-3200 CL16 or 3600 CL16 both make sense.
- Speed to aim for
- DDR4-3200
- Memory overclocking
- XMP profiles
- This board holds
- 128GB across 4 slots
This is a DDR4 platform, and DDR4 is being wound down while demand for it holds up, so its pricing behaves differently from DDR5. What the DDR4 wind-down means for buyers.
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OLOy DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 MHz CL16 1.35V 288-Pin Desktop Gaming UDIMM (MD4U163216BJDA)
TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 3200MHz (PC4-25600) CL16 Desktop Memory Module Ram (Gray) - TLZGD432G3200HC16FDC01
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 Desktop Memory – Black (CMH16GX4M2E3200C16)
OLOy DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) Black Owl 3200 MHz CL16 1.35V 288-Pin Desktop Gaming UDIMM (MD4U0832161BJ0DA)
DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz PC4-25600 CL18 1.35V 288-pin Desktop PC Memory Module Compatible with Intel XMP and AMD Ryzen Acclamator
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz CL16-20-20-38 1.35V Intel AMD Desktop Computer Memory - Black (CMK32GX4M2E3200C16)
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MT/s DDR4 CL16 Desktop Memory Kit of 2 KF432C16BBK2/32
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16-20-20-38 1.35V Intel AMD Desktop Computer Memory - Black (CMK16GX4M2E3200C16)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 C16 1.35V - PC Memory CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 Black
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