Owners of GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R + 8GB Memory

[johnnybegood]

Hi all,

I'll be getting This setup tomorrow for a friend:

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Memory: 2 X G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q8300

Burner: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30

Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders

Graphic Card: HIS Hightech H465FS512P Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Detailed list:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=11042506

My question to you guys is do I need any tweaking in order to get 8GBs to work o.k.?
He won't be doing any overclocking (at least for now). First he wants stable system.

Any help is appreciated!

 

[michiganteddybear]

Mine worked out of the box.. different ram (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227199), and a q9550..

only runs at 800 mhz mem speed until you over clock it, then you will probably have to do some tweaking

 

[johnnybegood]

Thanks for the reply!
At least MB is the same?
I'm really excited to see if everything will work.

 

[Robie7642003]

Couldn't be happier with the MOBO. I also have 8 GB (overkill?) with Core 2 Duo though and an MSI Geoforce 9600 VGA

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127362

Also have 700 watts from Silverstone which again might be overkill, so you should be fine.

Finally have it all in the Antec Solo, which costs a bit more than the 300, but I must say it is truly a whisper quite case and has me an Antec user from now on.

You should be happy with the choice.

 

[johnnybegood]

Thanks for the reply!
8GB memory part went fine. I had DOA power supply http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261924-31-power-supply-replacment#t1902800