Help with ram

Kyle1987

Kyle1987

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Hi i have a gigabyte G1 killer guerrilla x58 board and have 3x 2gb ( 6gb ) of corsair xms3 1600mhz and as my board has 6 channels and can support 24gb i was wondering if i could buy Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit and all so use my xms3 6gb of ram aswell to make 18gb is this possable??????

Would i need a bigger PSU and can all 6 ram cards run at 1600mhz.

I all so have MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 and was thinking bout fitting a second one in SLI but i will deffo need new PSU for that which corsair Psu should i be looking at that not over top price but not cheapest aswell??

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Kyle
 
Hi there,

What PSU do you have? You wouldn't need a new one for more RAM don't worry but it's worth checking if you want to add a GPU.

All 6 RAM sticks should run okay together. They haven't been tested together so might not, but usually it's fine. Is your CPU overclocked? You might find it affects your overclock having so much RAM.

What OS do you have? Need to make sure it supports the extra RAM. Finally what do you use the PC for?
 
Thanks for reply beejjacobs here is my spec i have at mo.

My spec

Gigabyte G1 Killer Guerrilla x58 gaming motherboard
Intel i7 960 overclocked to 4.0 ghz ( Corsair H60 liquid cooler x2 fans push/pull )
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5
Corsair XMS 3 3x2gb ( 6gb ) 1600mhz ram
500gb HHD drive ( wont a SSD )
550w PSU none name brand unit ( wont corsair )
Running windows 7 64 bit

My pc is for gaming mostly.

How would it affect the overclock running 6 sticks?? and i was thinking of the Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply as its about most i would wont to pay for one.

My PSU now that i have is a 550w and is about 3 years old and it was not a lot of money when i got it i was on a budget at the time but has done good for me over the years but time for a upgrade.

Regards
Kyle
 
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+1 for getting a 12gb kit and selling the old ram, (or keep as spares), it'll be more than enough for gaming, youll maybe need an increase in qpi voltage when running more ram to keep your cpu oc intact. An 850w psu will be plenty for gtx 560ti's in sli. Got the corsair hx 850w here, a really nice psu, but pretty expensive. The xfx linked above is a very good quality unit, manufactured by seasonic who produce really high quality power supplies, very well priced too at £99.99.
 
+2 > Some peeps are running it 8-8-8-24-1t 1.6V, using it my self Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3x4GB) Tri Channel at default 9-9-9-24-1t 1.5V > X58 - UD5 mobo > CPU i7920 at 4.2GHz no problems at all.
 
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