Choosing RAM for the ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 for gaming!

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

Hello everyone!

I have an ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 motherboard and AMD FX 8320 8-Core CPU and i want to upgrade the RAM and the graphic card!

I was wondering if i have to upgrade my RAM to 8GB (Dual Channel) or 16GB (Dual channel)? And the RAMs which i find are the Kingston Technology HyperX Beast Series 16GB Kit DDR3 at 1866MHz or the Kingston HyperX Beast 8 GB Kit (2x4 GB) 1600MHz DDR3?

Which one of these or another do you suggest? Also i want to change the graphic card, so which one do you propose for these specifications?

Please ask me anything you want or anything that i may had forgotten!

Thank you in advance!!

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

for what purpose, gaming? editing?

Liereaper · Sep 28, 2014

how many ram you already own on this motherboard?

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

tsuneo6 :

For gaming such as COD: Ghosts, Battlefield 4, FIFA 15, Watch_Dogs and the new games that will be released!

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

well 8 gigs is the sweet spot atm, so no need to get higher. if it's in the budget, sure why not, but it wont realy be utilised.
then for gaming the difference bewteen 1600MHz and 1866MHz isnt noticable. so you're good with 8 gigs 1600MHz ddr3 RAM

if your budget alows you to, you could get 16GB ddr3 1866MHz RAM, to be more futureproof and all. but that's up to you.

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

Liereaper :

I will take off all the RAMs i have now on the desktop! I now use 4GB ram! (don't remember the exact company)

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

tsuneo6 :

That's what i am thinking about the 16GB ram; the future games!

Do you suggest any other ram that will be compatible with the ASUS motherboard?

Liereaper · Sep 28, 2014

You could try this one AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory for $93.24 on amazon... and if you buy two of this one go to $186.48.... this is the fastest frequency your motherboard support and if you wish you motherboard can go up to 32gb you can buy two of this Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory for a max of 32gb of ram at the fastetst frequency your motherboard supports for a total of $441.96.

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

Liereaper :

I think that my mobo supports Dual Channel and not Quad Channel!! If i but two kits of Dual Channel, will work as Dual Channel or Quad Channel?

I am sorry for the questions but i am a bit of uninformed! :chaudar:

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

but that's overkill(the 2133MHz 32 gigs ram)... and you should go to the website from asus, go to the page of yor motherboard and somwhere there should be a list of supported RAM, but it is most probably supported.

Liereaper · Sep 28, 2014

sorry but what is your latest gpu that you own?

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

Liereaper :

ATI Sapphire Radeon HD 4890

It is very old!!

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

get 2x4gigs dd3 1600MHz RAM(or 1866) and as GPU an MSI or gigabyte gtx 970

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

tsuneo6 :

This is the mobo's official page:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/overview/

They don't have any list of supported or recommended RAMs!

Liereaper · Sep 28, 2014

Charitos :

If your motherboard is the ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 you have a total of 4 DIMM you could buy the first option and buy two of does. And i think should run at dual channel.

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

Charitos :

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/M5A99FX-PRO-R20-Memory-QVL.pdf

Liereaper · Sep 28, 2014

Charitos :

if you go near the button of the page youll find this M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Product Overview and under it the picture of the motherboard telling you what it has... there you see that the motherboard support d ram stics and its saids that are ddr3 and support up to 2133(OC)

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

tsuneo6 :

GTX 970 is an nVidia GPU?

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

also, the gtx 970 atm is the best price/performance card on the market. around 330 dollars?(not sure about this) and it is nearly as good as a 600ish dollar gtx 780ti.
and the gtx 970 is easily overclockable to beat the gtx 780ti by far.

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

Charitos :

Yes

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

Liereaper :

In the link that "tsuneo6" send, says that:

4 DIMM: Supports four (4) modules inserted into both the blue and black slots as two pairs of Dual-channel memory configuration

So that means that if i bought two kits of Dual Channel should work as dual channel! Is that true?

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

Charitos :

Liereaper :

In the link that "tsuneo6" send, says that:

4 DIMM: Supports four (4) modules inserted into both the blue and black slots as two pairs of Dual-channel memory configuration

So that means that if i bought two kits of Dual Channel should work as dual channel! Is that true?

absolutely

Liereaper · Sep 28, 2014

tsuneo6 :

Check this one if its on you budget Asus R9290-DC2OC-4GD5

Charitos · Sep 28, 2014

The gigabyte gtx 970 is too expensive for me!!

I want something between 150$ to 190$!

tsuneo6 · Sep 28, 2014

Liereaper :

tsuneo6 :

Check this one if its on you budget Asus R9290-DC2OC-4GD5

why go for a r9 290, or r9 290 x when the gtx 970 is there. either wait for the new line of AMD, or get a gtx 970

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