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What does it mean "Due to Intel spec definition, X. M. P. and DDR3-160

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pauldc   09-28-2009 at 04:23:47 PM

Hi

About to bulid a new system with a asus Asus P7P55D Deluxe mb for a new i7 cpu. Was going to buy theres ram sticks
"Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9"
But in the manuel it says the following
"Due to Intel spec definition, X. M. P. and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only"

What does this mean? do i only get one channel insted of duel channel
or is it something else any help on this would be great

Thanks
Paul

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rand_79   09-28-2009 at 04:34:59 PM
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you didnt read what you posted correctly

 

they are saying you can use 1 chip per channel

 

and they dont guarantee 2 chips per channel at that speed

 

ie on a dual channel this would be 2x2gb is ok but not 4x1gb or 4x2gb

 

on a triple channel it would be 3x 2gb is ok not 6x2gb.

 

this is normal.

 

alot of times when you run 2 chips per channel you have to relax timings for it to work correctly


Message edited by rand_79 on 09-28-2009 at 04:36:21 PM
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pauldc   09-28-2009 at 08:42:36 PM
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Ah
now i see so maybe it might be better for me to buy ram that runs at 1333MHz and doesnt support xmp meaning if i need to upgrade to more ram later on i wont lose the first two i already have

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