- Apr 15, 2013
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Hi there. Ive recently had a hiccup over last week, and I need a small solution to make do until I can afford to build a stronger rig.
I'm using the P5n-e sli mobo with the Q6600, and unfortunately one night when i tried my pc it wouldnt boot. I eventually got it to work, but only when it has two sticks of 2Gb in it. Previously I was running 6Gb of DDr2 800. Unfortunately now with only 4gb, projects which demanded 6Gig crash on me, eating up the ram to it's maximum. My only solution is to upgrade the board, as the P5n-e sli is just a no go with more than 4 gig.
The problem is 4dimm DDR2 775 socket boards are nowhere to be found. Meaning im looking at a Matx board which support 8gig (2x4). I found this mobo:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asrock-G41M-VS3-Micro-ATX-MotherBoard-1333FSB/dp/B004WJRBUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366367911&sr=8-1&keywords=Asrock+G41M-VS3+R2.0
And this Ram:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-HyperX-1333MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B004DDI0IE/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1366367967&sr=1-2&keywords=Kingston+HyperX+Blu+DDR3
However even though the board supports DDr3, does it mean it must run it OC at 1333 to use the 8GB? I dont mind it running at 1066 if it down grades, because it'll still be better than what I have now. Right now i just need something usable and stable, but dont want to waste £90 on an upgrade which is useless if it's not compatible together. Ive looked for 4x2GB 1066 but it's not available. And there's no point running 2x2Gb because that's exactly what I have now.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated because ive never experienced any mixing old CPU's with newer ram. Ive been running this PC for a good while, about 5 years and would like it to hang on until late 2013/2014 for a 2K machine.
I'm using the P5n-e sli mobo with the Q6600, and unfortunately one night when i tried my pc it wouldnt boot. I eventually got it to work, but only when it has two sticks of 2Gb in it. Previously I was running 6Gb of DDr2 800. Unfortunately now with only 4gb, projects which demanded 6Gig crash on me, eating up the ram to it's maximum. My only solution is to upgrade the board, as the P5n-e sli is just a no go with more than 4 gig.
The problem is 4dimm DDR2 775 socket boards are nowhere to be found. Meaning im looking at a Matx board which support 8gig (2x4). I found this mobo:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asrock-G41M-VS3-Micro-ATX-MotherBoard-1333FSB/dp/B004WJRBUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366367911&sr=8-1&keywords=Asrock+G41M-VS3+R2.0
And this Ram:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-HyperX-1333MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B004DDI0IE/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1366367967&sr=1-2&keywords=Kingston+HyperX+Blu+DDR3
However even though the board supports DDr3, does it mean it must run it OC at 1333 to use the 8GB? I dont mind it running at 1066 if it down grades, because it'll still be better than what I have now. Right now i just need something usable and stable, but dont want to waste £90 on an upgrade which is useless if it's not compatible together. Ive looked for 4x2GB 1066 but it's not available. And there's no point running 2x2Gb because that's exactly what I have now.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated because ive never experienced any mixing old CPU's with newer ram. Ive been running this PC for a good while, about 5 years and would like it to hang on until late 2013/2014 for a 2K machine.
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