RAM question

bigredni · 7 Dec 2011 at 21:37

hey i have an p6-58x asus mobo, with overclocked cpu running at 4ghz i have installed 8gb of dual channel ram and its nb frequency is 3054mhz i was wondering is that good, does that mean the RAM is running at its max??

thanks for help

RJC · 7 Dec 2011 at 21:40

Download CPU-Z this will show your memory frequency.

I suspect the 3054 will be your QPI speed.

bigredni · 7 Dec 2011 at 22:08

hey i have downloaded that and thats how i found out the nb was 3054mhz

Surveyor · 7 Dec 2011 at 22:39

Look on the "Memory" tab in CPU-Z and double whatever speed it shows there (it's Double Data Rate RAM).

bigredni · 7 Dec 2011 at 22:42

ok cheers, i take there is no chance of making dual channel into triple channel ??

RJC · 7 Dec 2011 at 22:44

Only by adding another matching memory module.

bigredni · 7 Dec 2011 at 22:54

oh so with 2 sticks its dual channel and by adding another stick of 8gb thats it up to triple channel??

RJC · 7 Dec 2011 at 22:57

I am not 100% sure on that board, but with only 2 memory modules the board may default to single channel mode, CPU-Z again should confirm either way hopefully.

But adding another ram module, I personally would keep it the same size as the others and install this on the third channel on the board.

bigredni · 7 Dec 2011 at 23:12

ahhh yes i see now, i had3x2gb corsair sticks so its triple channel, and i bought 2x4gb kingston hyperx blu sticks to make sure it was compatible before boosting it up to 16gb which was coming up as dual channel. i thought that was the spec of the RAM not just the way it was configured in the mobo.

thanks again for the insight.