Asus M4A79XTD motherboard

Blade1 · 18 Nov 2009 at 18:06

Thinking of getting a Asus M4A79XTD motherboard and a AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz....any thoughts to what DDR3 memory to go for?
Many thanks

BigBruiserAl · 18 Nov 2009 at 18:31

Muel · 18 Nov 2009 at 18:39

I'm using a G Skill Ripjaw kit, never missed a beat! All I've done is clock it to 1600mhz and set the voltage to 1.64v. (The recommended voltage is 1.65v, and the motherboard automatically runs it at 1.8v).

Blade1 · 18 Nov 2009 at 19:55

Was thinking of getting some Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V, do you know if it will be ok for overclocking?

Legion · 19 Nov 2009 at 00:26

Blade1 said:
Was thinking of getting some Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V, do you know if it will be ok for overclocking?

I highly doubt you'll get any more from a CAS9 kit rated at 1333.
Your best bet is buy a 2x2gb ddr3 1600 kit,it will survive a few upgrades and will allow you to run the Phenom 2 at a higher bus speed.

Plenty of threads in the memory section of these forums with what others have chosen and some recommendations.

Blade1 · 19 Nov 2009 at 07:52

Legion said:
I highly doubt you'll get any more from a CAS9 kit rated at 1333.
Your best bet is buy 4x2gb ddr3 1600,it will survive a few upgrades and will allow you to run the Phenom 2 at a higher bus speed.

Plenty of threads in the memory section of these forums with what others have chosen and some recommendations.

Many thanks, will do.