Memory for Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP?

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hi guys,

just a quick question. got myself a i5 4670k and the gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP motherboard the other week and found out that my GeIL RAM from my old i5 2500k system isn't compatible with the new mobo. getting boot failures when trying to use XMP e.t.c.

what do you recommend? i mean i'd love 16gb (quad or dual channel?) of RAM but would obviously make do with 8gb. dual channel.

with regards to clock speeds, i'm not so clued up on anything quicker than 1600mhz. do you recommend the quicker RAM? or am i talking rubbish? :D

thanks.
 
believe me, i had bent pins in the first GA-Z87-D3HP i bought and that became utterly useless. i was ridiculously careful with the second one! i really hope that won't be the issue again :(

the same happens if i try to manual configure the RAM.
 
yeah bent pins cause memory issues,but crucial memory is known not to run well on gigabyte z87 atm

there was another guy on the overclocking thread you created was using same board with some Kingston memory,id pick the kingston
 
kingston sounds good to me.

i'm just bricking it that the pins are bent again. i was so so careful though, not sure how it could bend once i've placed the CPU down and clamped it in?

D:
 
you can carefully check if you want,but personally id wait till you've tested with the Kingston ram,you can always return it you have 14 days no quibble return
 
yeah, i think after the stress of last time i might just leave it, try the RAM, and then go from there.

balls am i putting myself through that expensive hell again :D
 
its alright if you like benchmarks,real day to day usage it doesn't feel any faster tbh

1600mhz is the minimum speed id pick though I wouldn't install anything slower
 
ah i see! may as well stick to 1600mhz then. i can't say i've ever benchmarked.

and if i was to ask for a 16gb suggestion?
 
just two kits or a 16gb kit of same make/model I linked to,8gb is plenty for everything,gaming ect

16gb if your a heavy photoshop/video editor user ect
 
i do do some video editing every now and again so i'm tempted.

thanks again for all your help. i'm sure i'll post again when i'm in more trouble.
 
which specific set mate?

and do you guys reckon it'd be better to wait until tomorrow to see if any of it goes down as a one week only deal?
 
is there a reason memory doesn't show up in the this week only deals?

think i'm going to plump for the kingston 16gb dual channel kit linked above. it's on the motherboards compatibility list anyway.

edit: one more question. when i get the kingston RAM, i can just use the XMP profile thing and it'll sort speed/timings e.t.c. for me?
 
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