Replacing ram....any issues

neil pettitt · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:41

Just a quick one. I'm not very wise with these things. I recently had a fault on one of my ram sticks so I've sent them back as they have lifetime warranty. Thing is I'm sick of waiting for them to get to their destination so I've decided to buy new and then sell my replacements when they get back to me. What I wanted to know is my old ram is ddr 3 pc 15000 1866..have I got to put the same ram back in or can I go faster ...would the pc recognise my new ram is not the old one and still work ok ..many thanks

RJC · 3 Feb 2015 at 20:29

You can go faster but it depends on your system, if you can list the specs

neil pettitt · 3 Feb 2015 at 20:58

Oh...mono is a gigabyte...not sure of model..its not 2 years old yet..
7950 X fire
I 7 cpu
Is this information any good to you..Thanks for reply

RJC · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:03

Go with the ram below, you may need to adjust the settings in the BIOS, as you did not mention the model number of the motherbaord I cant fully check if the ram will run at default speed but worse case you just drop the multiplier down a notch

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
Total : £57.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).

neil pettitt · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:45

Hi, just found my paperwork for my system,which I bought from you guys and the mob is a gigabyte z77x-d3h . would this help a little .cheers for the replys..

RJC · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:51

The ram above will work fine, as mentioned you will need to setup the settings in the BIOS, only down side it wont colour match with the board

neil pettitt · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:59

What exactly will I have to do in the bios....I don't tent to go in to bios so I don't want to do any damage...

setter · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:03

That ram features XMP, in the overclocking section of your bios there will be an option to select XMP. This will automatically set up the speed, timings and ram voltage.

RJC · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:04

You should be able to enable the XMP profile and this will load the correct settings.

neil pettitt · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:10

A big thank you fellas....I could not of done this without your help.....

RJC · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:10

No Probs, any questions just ask

neil pettitt · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:12

RJC said:
Go with the ram below, you may need to adjust the settings in the BIOS, as you did not mention the model number of the motherbaord I cant fully check if the ram will run at default speed but worse case you just drop the multiplier down a notch

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
Total : £57.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).

Just ordered the ram. Will let you know how I go on with it.. many thanks

RJC · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:20

No Probs

neil pettitt · 7 Feb 2015 at 20:01

HELP please... just installed ram. went to check speed with cpu z...and it said
in memory dram freq 667.3....now i think you double it for your speed . so i went in to bios found xmp and it said disabled...so i went on it and clicked it gave me option for a profile 1 this change my speed to 2400...so i saved and exited ..then my pc would not boot got a warning about change in bios and i loaded original settings...what am i doing wrong..........
just read some body having similar problems to me on another forum and im sure 8pack replyed that he had offered a fix on this forum but i dont know what to look for......

pryere · 14 Feb 2015 at 12:10

Did you sort it?

neil pettitt · 1 Mar 2015 at 18:55

hi, i did sort it.. when i got my replacement patriot memory back from patriot i tryed it in my pc . This runs at 1866 . I enable the profile and it worked first time no issues. After doing a ot of searching it apears my gigabyte motherboard is a bit choosy when it comes to running overclocked memory. I kept the patriot memory and sold the other. Took a bit of a hit but im happy withe patriot memory. Only thing i would say is if your going to use overclocked memory just check it compatable with your mobo...