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12-31-2010, 03:12 PM
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Which 2x4 gigabyte with Asus P7P55D Pro?
Hello, everyone,
My son wants to upgrade the memory in his system to 2x4 gigabytes. It's an i7-850 in this motherboard:Newegg.com - ASUS P7P55D PRO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard The much-recommended Corsair (Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) is out of stock everywhere. If he can't wait, is this a reasonable substitute? Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 What else would you recommend? Thanks! Dave |
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12-31-2010, 03:16 PM
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12-31-2010, 04:03 PM
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Might as well get the Crucial stuff - it's no cheaper at Newegg.
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12-31-2010, 06:38 PM
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Dave,
That board will natively clock 1600 RAM. Why not get this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...X8GX3M2A1600C9
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12-31-2010, 07:23 PM
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1.5 volt ram will be more stable and you have to overclock the CPU to get ram to run at 1600.
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12-31-2010, 07:58 PM
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But cant you run the 1600 RAM at 1333, which leaves the FSB (or whatever its called now) at the same speed therefore leaving the CPU at its factory speed?
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12-31-2010, 10:02 PM
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Looks like Frys has the one I need:
DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) 1333MHz with XMS Heat Spreader, CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 FRYS.com*|*CORSAIR I'll have to pay $130 plus tax, then get back a $40 rebate, but I think I can pick it up tomorrow. Thanks for all the help, gentlemen. |
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01-01-2011, 10:58 AM
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Because he is looking for something similar because what he wants is out of stock. Yes, I saw the Crucial recommendation.
Last edited by David M; 01-01-2011 at 11:09 AM. |
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01-01-2011, 11:53 AM
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yes you can manually set the ram to 1600, but i ran into some stability issues w/o OCing the rest of the system(i run the same mobo), and you wont see any difference in real world scenarios, only benchmarks with a memory suite.
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