Hello, I would like some advice choosing Ram for my 9 year old system.
Here's what I have
Intel i7 870 (o.c to 4ghz)
Asus Maximus 3 gene p55 mobo
Corsair CX550 PSU
XFX RX570
8gb Unifosa 1333mhz ram. (Don't know much about it, came off of a gateway system)
Here's what I'm looking at that is in my budget
https://www.frys.com/product/7766668?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
https://www.frys.com/product/7583576?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
From what I can tell, they are both rated at 1600mhz but one is a C10 vs C11.
Which one would benefit me more in gaming?
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Thanks for the advice guys! I ended up going with these based on your advice for lower timings
https://www.frys.com/product/7323284?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Before I installed them I pulled the manual out for my motherboard and I read that my board is compatible with 1gb, 2gb, 4gb sticks, The ones I bought were 8gb sticks. After noticing this I was pretty disappointed in myself for not remembering that small detail after reading the manual the first time around, I figured I needed to return them but I said what the heck, I put them in to see what would happen and to my surprise my board recognized all 16gb of RAM. Should I be worried?CPU-z reads them correctly with the right timings and reads them as dual channel. So I'm going to keep them running for a few days and stress the hell out of them to see if I run into any problems, I am new to pc building so I have no idea what expect. Thanks again!
Here's what I have
Intel i7 870 (o.c to 4ghz)
Asus Maximus 3 gene p55 mobo
Corsair CX550 PSU
XFX RX570
8gb Unifosa 1333mhz ram. (Don't know much about it, came off of a gateway system)
Here's what I'm looking at that is in my budget
https://www.frys.com/product/7766668?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
https://www.frys.com/product/7583576?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
From what I can tell, they are both rated at 1600mhz but one is a C10 vs C11.
Which one would benefit me more in gaming?
*****************************************************************************************************************
Thanks for the advice guys! I ended up going with these based on your advice for lower timings
https://www.frys.com/product/7323284?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Before I installed them I pulled the manual out for my motherboard and I read that my board is compatible with 1gb, 2gb, 4gb sticks, The ones I bought were 8gb sticks. After noticing this I was pretty disappointed in myself for not remembering that small detail after reading the manual the first time around, I figured I needed to return them but I said what the heck, I put them in to see what would happen and to my surprise my board recognized all 16gb of RAM. Should I be worried?CPU-z reads them correctly with the right timings and reads them as dual channel. So I'm going to keep them running for a few days and stress the hell out of them to see if I run into any problems, I am new to pc building so I have no idea what expect. Thanks again!
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