Corsair XMS3 4Gb to 8GB

ryandi24 · 24 Dec 2011 at 19:24

Hello there, im currently running my system on "Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit" I'm looking to upgrade this to 8 gig or even 16 if anyone would recomend it how ever i feel 8 gig would do the job for what I use it for.

I'm wondering if it would be worth just re-buying the exact same stuff as i have or totally replaceing the ram.

The Mother board is, "MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155)" currently clocked to 4.5mhz (dont know if thats imporant)

Thanks in advance.

monkentage · 24 Dec 2011 at 20:00

I just went from 4 to 12 gigabyes of that ram and while I have noticed an improvement it is definately overkill. It was £37 though so I'm finding it hard to be bothered.

ryandi24 · 24 Dec 2011 at 20:41

Honestly i'm not too fussed about overkill - atleast aslong as its not decreasing the systems performance else where. Probably a stupid question but how did you get the 12 gig, Did you buy 2x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit?

Deehjay · 24 Dec 2011 at 21:41

Just use another 2x2 kit unless you want to upgrade even more in the future in which case I'd probably start over

Terminel · 27 Dec 2011 at 08:44

This is the same quandry I am in as my xms3 does not run at the right settings unless you go in and oc it to 1600 and reduce the voltage to the safe 1.5v. So perhaps instead of getting another 4gb of it I am considering of buying the kit as below.

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

What do you think?

andy_mk3 · 27 Dec 2011 at 08:59

The Kingston memory is what you should go with

Terminel · 27 Dec 2011 at 09:26

Would leaving in my original ram and running it alongside the kingston negatively effect performance?

Nightglow · 27 Dec 2011 at 09:51

XMS timings 9 9 9 24 & HyperX Grey is 9 9 9 27, should be able to adjust timings manually to get them the same.
But, you could flog the XMS in MM & just use HyperX Grey.

Surveyor · 27 Dec 2011 at 11:34

Nightglow said:
But, you could flog the XMS in MM

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Terminel · 27 Dec 2011 at 12:25

A little way to go then !

Sin_Chase · 29 Dec 2011 at 07:03

I had 2x2GB of XMS3 and bought another 2 sticks for 8GB in 4 sticks total for Battlefield 3.

2600k overclocks exactly the same, run at the same voltage, stock timings at 1T.

8GB is plenty for me and I imagine by the time I need more I will be on a whole new platform.

Terminel · 29 Dec 2011 at 09:44

Isn't the stock timing at 2T?