compatible memory

sajtion · 24 Dec 2008 at 03:19

hi anyone know good and compatible memory with this motherboard Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48? i need about 2-4gb

thanks in advance

Fire Wizard · 24 Dec 2008 at 08:26

Hi sajtion, what sort of CPU are you running?

sajtion · 24 Dec 2008 at 11:59

i'm going to get Quad Q9550 soon

sajtion · 24 Dec 2008 at 23:03

how am i suppose to know which memory to buy for this motherboard?

Fire Wizard · 24 Dec 2008 at 23:33

If you are looking to overclock the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, then I would have a look at getting some PC2-8500 rated memory such as this stuff here since you will be able to take the Q9500 all the way up to 4250MHz without having to worry about if your memory will hold you back or not. Though, that is providing you have a chip that will be able to reach that sort of speed, if your motherboard is capable of reaching such a high FSB and if temperatures will let you go that high.

You could save a bit of money and get PC2-6400 rated memory such as this kit here which will be able to take the Q9500 all the way up to 3.4GHz without having to touch the memory. If you wanted to go higher than 3.4GHz, I'm sure the memory will be able to run past its rated speed. However this isn't guaranteed and nor will you know how much further you will be able to run them past there rated speed.

sajtion · 25 Dec 2008 at 02:07

thanks very much for your reply that helped a lot