GA-890FXA-UD5 and gskill memory ?

[a1l3]

i have a GA-890FXA-UD5 gigabyte mobo and am wondering if i could install some F3-16000CL9D-2GBRH gkill ripjaw sticks i continuously hear how ripjaws are based for intel chipsets and the actual site says p55 chipset but many people are telling me that i should install that onto my 1055t build but as far as i know its not compatible


am i wrong? if so can anyone recommend me some good sticks for overclocking the 1055t to 3.7(or that area) ghz

 

[davcon]

Here's Gigabyte's list notice the Memory modules listed below are for reference only. Due to massive memory models on the market, we can only verify some of them.
http://www.giga-byte.ca/FileList/MemorySupport/mb_memory_ga-890fxa-ud5.pdf
Many people have successfully installed ram not on the list.

 

[a1l3]

so than there is a chance that it will work but not a great chance

 

[davcon]

so than there is a chance that it will work but not a great chance

G.skills are good quality ram i think you'll be alright as long as you set it up manually through your bios.
DRAM voltage being the most important setting.

 

[a1l3]

do you know what kind of settings id need?

 

[saint19]

Hi.

The RAM should work but not at the default speed and in that case if u want run it at default speed u need set the specifications of the RAM manually in the BIOS.

Like a personal advice that RAM isn't very good since the CL is very high for DDR3 u should go with CL8 or lower and 1.65V max.

 

[a1l3]

i was under the impression that cl9 for ddr-2000 was good?

 

[saint19]

Could it be, but 1600MHz RAM with CL6 or CL7 can give u the same or better performance that 2000MHz RAM with CL9.

 

[a1l3]

but if underclock them i should be able to tighten the timings.... again im not completely familiar with ram so i could easily be wrong

 

[saint19]

Yeah, but do u want pay more for underclock? or pay less for OC?

 

[a1l3]

well is 125 for 4gb worth of those sticks (as in 2x2) worth it or could you recommend me something better?

 

[saint19]

This G.Skill 1600

 

[a1l3]

so then something like one of these would be good?

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_312_612&item_id=030997

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_312_612&item_id=026137

 

[saint19]

I would go with the 2nd one, the 1st one is very expensive.

 

[a1l3]

well in terms of ram i dont really want to go cheap but jsut not to expensive is the extra price for the trident worth it or just stick with the ripjaws?

 

[saint19]

No, both Ripjaws and Trident should have a very similar performance and maybe u won't say any difference between them in games or applications.

 

[autosax]

I got this mainboard and CPU too, and i ask G.SKILL tech, they told me this board run 2000MHZ is quite difficult.
it is not stable.
and i ask them about mainboard's QVL.
they only guarantee G.Skill QVL.
so you can find something strange between mainboard's QVL and G.Skill QVL.

 

[a1l3]

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