- Dec 13, 2006
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My rig is still going strong after 5+ years. Was going to build new based on Skylake and have all the parts chosen. But after getting a GTX 980 Ti and especially after moving Dragon Age Inquisition over to my SSD from one of those green drives, I'm seeing a seriously amazing increase in performance. Loading times are a couple of seconds versus a few minutes. And I can run everything at max graphical detail. So I'm happy. The only issue is that I sometimes run low on memory if I'm running other stuff at the same time as gaming, so I'd like to add more. But it's triple channel, so I'd like to know if what I'm thinking is correct.
I have a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 with a Core i7 930 overclocked to 4.01 GHz. This has six slots total for memory. 3 blue and 3 black. In the black, I have three modules of Corsair Dominator 6 GB (3 x 2 GB) which is PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D). From what I understand, I can add three more modules to the blue slots. The stuff I have isn't sold anymore, so I was thinking about trying to get something equivalent with the same speed. Do the timings have to be the same? They're 8-8-8-24 on these. Was probably going to pick up 3 x 2 GB again. Is 12 GB total RAM enough for now? Or should I go for a little more? I appreciate the help
I have a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 with a Core i7 930 overclocked to 4.01 GHz. This has six slots total for memory. 3 blue and 3 black. In the black, I have three modules of Corsair Dominator 6 GB (3 x 2 GB) which is PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D). From what I understand, I can add three more modules to the blue slots. The stuff I have isn't sold anymore, so I was thinking about trying to get something equivalent with the same speed. Do the timings have to be the same? They're 8-8-8-24 on these. Was probably going to pick up 3 x 2 GB again. Is 12 GB total RAM enough for now? Or should I go for a little more? I appreciate the help
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