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Hey guys!,
I am looking for some help choosing the best ram upgrade for my system.
GA-EX58-EXTREME (gigabyte)
3x2GB Gskill Trident 2000mhz CL9 Triple channel "perfect storm" matched
i7 970 (1366)
Dual MSI 6970
OCZ vertex II x2 Raid 0 for operating system (windows 7)
Various WDC storage drives
1200W Be quiet dark power pro
I am very happy with my system but recently I have been experimenting with various servers and clients and I am using 5GB out of my 6GB of ram, so I was looking to make the jump to 12GB.
I am struggling to find another set of trident to put in the other three slots so I decided to just stick to one controller and buy a 3x4GB kit.
The best kit I can come up with is corsair CMX12GX3M3A2000C9
which claims to run 2000mhz 9-10-9-27
I cant find anywhere that states this kit from corsair is "matched" can someone tell me if corsair do match these triple channel kits.
can I do better? What would you reccomend I didnt want to get a 1600mhz kit when I can have 2000mhz kit that is C9 but perhaps thats misguided.
One small snag, I am running a Phanteks CPU heatsink that will only allow for low profile ram so I cannot fit any of this new ram with big fins on top of the heatspreaders.
Sorry for the long post, thanks for your help.
David.
I am looking for some help choosing the best ram upgrade for my system.
GA-EX58-EXTREME (gigabyte)
3x2GB Gskill Trident 2000mhz CL9 Triple channel "perfect storm" matched
i7 970 (1366)
Dual MSI 6970
OCZ vertex II x2 Raid 0 for operating system (windows 7)
Various WDC storage drives
1200W Be quiet dark power pro
I am very happy with my system but recently I have been experimenting with various servers and clients and I am using 5GB out of my 6GB of ram, so I was looking to make the jump to 12GB.
I am struggling to find another set of trident to put in the other three slots so I decided to just stick to one controller and buy a 3x4GB kit.
The best kit I can come up with is corsair CMX12GX3M3A2000C9
which claims to run 2000mhz 9-10-9-27
I cant find anywhere that states this kit from corsair is "matched" can someone tell me if corsair do match these triple channel kits.
can I do better? What would you reccomend I didnt want to get a 1600mhz kit when I can have 2000mhz kit that is C9 but perhaps thats misguided.
One small snag, I am running a Phanteks CPU heatsink that will only allow for low profile ram so I cannot fit any of this new ram with big fins on top of the heatspreaders.
Sorry for the long post, thanks for your help.
David.
