Best Ram for Asus P5Q3 Mobo

dakota breeden · Feb 14, 2014

Hi, I was wondering what the best ram is that I could use for the P5Q3? I read that their were certain compatibility issues? I want to use this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl but I am not sure if it is compatible.

sweenytodd · Feb 14, 2014

It is compatible. In the manual, RAM with speed 0s1600MHz and above, you should put them in the orange slots. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5Q3/#specifications

dakota breeden · Feb 14, 2014

But what about the compatibility issues? (The guy that gave it to me said the memory for it is had to find not sure if it's true) I have the Q9650 I believe it is the best Core2Quad cpu there is. I read that certain cpus can only use a certain frequency of ram.

tcb1005 · Feb 14, 2014

Get the cheapest RAM possible as long as you aren't using an AMD APU.

dakota breeden · Feb 15, 2014

Cheapest ram possible??? What frequency? I like the ram I chose because it will be usable in my upcoming build.

tcb1005 · Feb 15, 2014

As long as your RAM is 1600mhz, it won't have an effect on performance.

dakota breeden · Feb 15, 2014

Except for the CAS latency.

tcb1005 · Feb 15, 2014

Yes but almost all DDR3 1600 mhz will have low latency.

sweenytodd · Feb 15, 2014

Not much of a difference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

dakota breeden · Feb 15, 2014

One last quick question.......My specs are core2quad q9650, p5q3 mobo, 6GB OCZ ram (pretty sure 2 sticks are the same and 1 is different), 2 160GB Seagate; raid 0, gtx 550Ti.......If I buy these: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Uq4X will it run faster? It runs like crap now. Thanks!

sweenytodd · Feb 15, 2014

Yes because of the SSD. Not much realistic improvements if RAM is only upgraded.

dakota breeden · Feb 15, 2014

Can you help me rap my head around this? How can a single SSD at sata 2 speed, be faster than 2 sata 2 HDD's at raid 0? (My mobo only has sata 2 ports could I get a pcie sata 3 card?)

sweenytodd · Feb 15, 2014

It will be the same speed as in SATA III http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-sata-3gbps,3469.html

dakota breeden · Feb 15, 2014

How? It is just a sata 2 port how can it run at sata 3, or do you mean I won't see a difference?

sweenytodd · Feb 15, 2014

SATA II and SATA III interfaces are backwards compatible.

You won't notice a real world difference between those two. Take a look in the article I linked.

dakota breeden · Feb 15, 2014

I saw it, at sata 2 the SSD was faster than the HDD on sata 3. OK, Do you think that Kingston SSDNow v300 is a good one for the pirce?

sweenytodd · Feb 15, 2014

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0093HMLAS/?tag=pcpapi-20

This is better for the price.

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