PC8500 advice needed

trackrat · 24 Apr 2008 at 23:35

I have a Phenom 9850BE, and I am waiting for a Gigabyte mobo to be delievered.
I would like some advice on which brand of PC8500 to buy.
I am not into overclocking, but I do not want to have to change voltages to get it to run either.
I know Intel are better but in all my builds I have used AMD and I am sticking with them.
On Googling about memory I have found that you need to alter the voltages to get some memory working properly, and as I have never done that I would prefer some advice from you knowledgable people.
I am looking for either 2 X 2gb or 4 X 1GB, whichever is the best value.

trackrat · 24 Apr 2008 at 23:52

Thanks for the reply, any brand recommendations as I usually use Crucial.
Why do I need to up the voltage wont PC8500 run at 1.8 v.

trackrat · 25 Apr 2008 at 23:50

Cheers for your answers, after reading your first post I did a bit of research and found most 8500 ram needs 2.2v.
So shortly I shall be back for advice on how to do that.

trackrat · 26 Apr 2008 at 23:30

ady said:
check the description on the ram you are after, some is automatically set by SPD so you don't have to do the adjustments yourself assuming you have the correct chipset.

Thanks to all who replied I am certainly learning from your replies.