A ram question

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Last response: September 13, 2011 3:17 PM in Memory

haydo

September 13, 2011 1:00:03 AM

a question for those, unlike myself, who understand this stuff.

Is.....
6GB DDR3 1333Hz RAM

a good choice for the following system.....

2nd Gen i5-2500 3.3GHZ/ Turbo@3.7GHz
Asrock Z68 Pro3 - mobo
120GB NEW SATA3 6G Corsair Force3 - SSD

thanks in advance for your opinions.

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funguseater

September 13, 2011 1:30:13 AM

Hmmm, why not go for

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

might as well get high speed while ram is cheap, both are designed with second gen i5's in mind and z68. I would get the 1866hz and overclock it !!!!

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haydo

September 13, 2011 1:35:00 AM

sorry - should have mentioned i'm not using pc for games, just multiple programs and big excel function formula work,

thanks, I'll check it out.

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iam2thecrowe

September 13, 2011 1:52:33 AM

dont buy a 6 gig kit, they are for triple channel motherboards only, which yours is not. get 8gb or 4gb.

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haydo

September 13, 2011 2:22:12 AM

it appears to be a...

2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory

So that only dual channel, right?

So is that ok for this system?

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beenthere

Memory Authority

September 13, 2011 4:11:46 AM

Yes the ASRock Z68 Pro 3 has dual channel RAM. The default speed is 1333 Mhz. There is very little performance gain from OC'ing DDR3 RAM so I would not pay much of a premium for faster RAM.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASRock-Z68-Pro3-...

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inzone

Memory Master

September 13, 2011 4:21:09 AM

You did not list your operating system and you may or may not know that you need windows 64 bit to use more than 3.5 gb of ram.

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haydo

September 13, 2011 3:17:30 PM

thanks alot.

It is Windows 64 bit.

And have chosen 8gig ram.

cheers

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