installing new ram?

VanillaYogurt · Oct 13, 2015

i ordered http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311 the other day and it should be here sometime tomorrow, im upgrading from a single stick of 4gb and was wondering is there anything i need to do to my pc? is there anything i need to do besides just taking out my old one and sticking the 2 new ones in?

WVMountie07 · Oct 13, 2015

If your board has 4 slots make sure you insert the new ones in the correct positions. Sometimes it's a trial and error. I started with 1 and 3 and mine wouldn't boot. Went to 2 and 4 and it worked like nothing was ever an issue.

VanillaYogurt · Oct 13, 2015

WVMountie07 :

my board only has 2 slots so that shouldn't be an issue.

WVMountie07 · Oct 13, 2015

VanillaYogurt :

Easy enough then! I know my RAM did not require a bios change when I installed it. I assume the GSkill would do the same.

mjslakeridge · Oct 13, 2015

Check your motherboard manual to see if it supports dual channel operation. If so, go into the BIOS and enable dual channel. It will give you a performance improvement over 2-single channels.

VanillaYogurt · Oct 13, 2015

mjslakeridge :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128647 this is my motherboard.

mjslakeridge · Oct 13, 2015

Oddly enough, in the specifications tab it doesn't say anything about dual channel (unless I missed it). But if you go to the Q&A tab and scroll down a bit, it says dual channel is supported.

WVMountie07 · Oct 13, 2015

VanillaYogurt :

Listed on the gigabyte site for specs on that board:

Dual channel memory architecture

VanillaYogurt · Oct 13, 2015

ok thanks you guys

im also running with a Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.0 GHz and a iCooler Radeon HD 7770 gpu and a corsair CX500 (500Wat)psu... this should run fine right? i shouldn't have any bottlenecting or anything like that?

mjslakeridge · Oct 13, 2015

You are right WV. On the Newegg site to which he provided the link, it doesn't mention this specification.

Tradesman1 · Oct 13, 2015

It's an 1155 mobo, all of which support dual channel which is the max it supports

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