I did read/glance over the MEMORY FAQs section- read before posting.
I am thinking I want to upgrade my home desktop PC; SSD and RAM. Found bad news on the SSD, and basically no news on the RAM. I play Battlefield Bad Company 2, hope to be playing BF3 in late October. Would also like to make it a sweet and stable platform for Studio Max if friend of a friend can work out. Also, friend works for MS and can get Win7-64 Ultimate at discount if needed....
Proud and sorry at the same time, but mother board is Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (rev. 1). 1366 Form factor has an i7 940 (2.93 GHz) running at 4GHz in it (CPU liquid cooled- CPU only). Not even 1 burp, let alone a hiccup. Will not boot at all at 4.05GHz (don't remember but 4 is max). Which "maths out" to the 1600MHz of 6 GB RAM in it; makes me suspect could clock higher if I had faster memory- but cost vs. performance, think I'll just "SIT" at 4 GHz.
Mobo RAM limit is 24GB, triple channel, 6 slots total. Currently, there are 3 sticks at 2GB each. OS is Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium with a RAM limit of 16GB (hence the gratitude of the MS friend; Ultimate unlocks RAM limits to 192GB... 192 OS vs 16GB OS vs 24GB mobo... whata-frickin-mismatch-miscommunication).
The question: MUST I ONLY PUT A MATCHED RAM MEMORY KIT IN? Or can I simply (and cheaply) just get more of the same manufacturer's part number and utilize the other 3 slots, i.e., buy a 3 stick matched kit. Or must I buy a 6 stick kit that is all matched? I read somewhere that even if the manufacturer's PN is the same, there maybe issues; memory kits sold as kits are kits for a reason, tested tried and true. PLEASE COMMENT.
And as far as the SSD and this mobo and SATA3 and Marvel and TRIM and how one aught not defrag an SSD etc... maybe keep your comments brief or better yet- post a link to a thread dedicated to that topic.
Sorry for the length, but words are free, like birds- they flutter though the air. And like my Dad always told me, "Say what you mean, and mean what you say."
I am thinking I want to upgrade my home desktop PC; SSD and RAM. Found bad news on the SSD, and basically no news on the RAM. I play Battlefield Bad Company 2, hope to be playing BF3 in late October. Would also like to make it a sweet and stable platform for Studio Max if friend of a friend can work out. Also, friend works for MS and can get Win7-64 Ultimate at discount if needed....
Proud and sorry at the same time, but mother board is Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (rev. 1). 1366 Form factor has an i7 940 (2.93 GHz) running at 4GHz in it (CPU liquid cooled- CPU only). Not even 1 burp, let alone a hiccup. Will not boot at all at 4.05GHz (don't remember but 4 is max). Which "maths out" to the 1600MHz of 6 GB RAM in it; makes me suspect could clock higher if I had faster memory- but cost vs. performance, think I'll just "SIT" at 4 GHz.
Mobo RAM limit is 24GB, triple channel, 6 slots total. Currently, there are 3 sticks at 2GB each. OS is Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium with a RAM limit of 16GB (hence the gratitude of the MS friend; Ultimate unlocks RAM limits to 192GB... 192 OS vs 16GB OS vs 24GB mobo... whata-frickin-mismatch-miscommunication).
The question: MUST I ONLY PUT A MATCHED RAM MEMORY KIT IN? Or can I simply (and cheaply) just get more of the same manufacturer's part number and utilize the other 3 slots, i.e., buy a 3 stick matched kit. Or must I buy a 6 stick kit that is all matched? I read somewhere that even if the manufacturer's PN is the same, there maybe issues; memory kits sold as kits are kits for a reason, tested tried and true. PLEASE COMMENT.
And as far as the SSD and this mobo and SATA3 and Marvel and TRIM and how one aught not defrag an SSD etc... maybe keep your comments brief or better yet- post a link to a thread dedicated to that topic.
Sorry for the length, but words are free, like birds- they flutter though the air. And like my Dad always told me, "Say what you mean, and mean what you say."