Old system ram

timbo2410

timbo2410

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Just a quick post here (as well as in the ram section) .. I have an old i7 920do@4ghz with an Gigabyte EX58 UD5R mobo and win7 pro x64 ysytem. It has 6gb triple channel ram and I want to track down 12 or 24gb triple channel kit. Does anybody have the same specs and if so, what ram are you using above the 6gb mark? There isn't a lot of triple channel stuff around these days and 12gb seems to be the max. I'd be interested to know before I press the buy button on a kit of:
12GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Ripjaw Series (9-9-9-24) Triple Channel kit 3x4GB
 
I got a 12gb set of G'Skill ripjaw ddr3-1600 pc3-12800 .. threw it in to the 4ghz overclock and it fired up straight away. Now, with the overclock in mind, what do I need to alter in bios to get it to run at the specs given for the ram. I'm running the gigabyte EX58-ud5r.
 
ok .. I reset the bios to optimized and have set the xmp to "on" (it's the only other setting other than "disabled") .. I've rebooted and have now got what I think is the correct ram info in CPUID. I'm just running a quick 3dmark to see if it's running ok. I would have course lost my overclock of 4ghz. I used the gigabyte overclock settings guide to get it but they were only using 6gb of ram to do it. I think from reading around that because I have 12gb now, it will affect the voltages needed. Now I have a new OS SSD on it's way and I will then upgrade from win7 to win10. But i just wanted to get the system stable before all this. Or am I wasting my time .. shall I wait until I get the new OS installed?
 
eh ??? I've already bought a matching triple channel ram kit .. 12gb (3x4gb) .. G.Skill DDR-3 PC3-12800 CL9-9-9-24 1.5v
I have it running at the required specs but without the 4ghz overclock .. I just need to know what bios settings I need to get it to run "WITH" the overclock .. temps with the overclock were still cool (70 degrees) so if possible I would like to go 4.2 .. but i need to get the new SSD and OS sorted as well .. I know it's stepping back in time a bit, but I use it for photo and video editing and it's always been a workhorse for me ...
 
actually, from what you are saying, I could throw in my original 3x2gb ram into the three unused slots and run them as well .. but is that more or less efficient than running dedicated triple channel ram (total 12gb) compared to (total 18gb) of whatever channel it will make it with all slots full??? Will that adversely affect the overclock?
 
right .. I've followed all the changes (apart from enabling turbo) .. ram is at 1600mhz and overclock is at 4ghz .. max temp under 100% stress using burnin, OCCT, prime95 is 68 degrees C .... I did the 100% stress both on the CPU and RAM ... all tests passed .. looks like i got it sorted. Now tomorrow I should have the new SSD arriving and will also change the OS from win7 pro x64 to win 10pro x64 .. This shouldn't affect the overclock at all should it ??
 
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