i just received new ram from a buddy who upgraded to corsair vengeance RAM, he gave me his old ram he was using 4x4 gb 1333 patriot g2 series for intel.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220638
^ the ram he gave me
it is labeled to be optimized for intel but somewhere i read that it worked for AMD but cant recall where i saw that and cant find it again.
i am currently running 2x2 gb of slow 1066 ram and dire need of upgrade for my gaming.
does anyone know if i can use this ram?
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/970-GAMING.html#hero-specification
^my mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103885
^my processor
can i just put it in my dims to see if it recognizes the ram in my bios?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220638
^ the ram he gave me
it is labeled to be optimized for intel but somewhere i read that it worked for AMD but cant recall where i saw that and cant find it again.
i am currently running 2x2 gb of slow 1066 ram and dire need of upgrade for my gaming.
does anyone know if i can use this ram?
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/970-GAMING.html#hero-specification
^my mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103885
^my processor
can i just put it in my dims to see if it recognizes the ram in my bios?