Revamp

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 20:45

Just purchased this little lot from OC......

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £119.99 1 £119.99
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £85.10 1 £85.10
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £69.99 1 £69.99
Geil Black Dragon 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Triple Channel (GB36GB1333C7TC) £59.57 1 £59.57
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £29.78 1 £29.78
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Got a 470 GTX for christmas so would have been rude not to really. What do you think?

Hope you all had a great christmas.

Steve.

RJC · 29 Dec 2010 at 20:46

Nice, but you have gone for triple channel on a dual channel motherboard.

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 20:48

What difference will it make?

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 21:47

Ok....done some research and understand now. Basicly the two colored memory slots work together so i'll have 1 stick of memory in one of the other two slots that will work on it's own.....correct???

Steve.

RJC · 29 Dec 2010 at 21:53

Yes, you will need to use one stick in each of the white slots, put them in the blue slots, the chances the system will not boot.

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 21:55

Thank you sir.

RJC · 29 Dec 2010 at 21:57

No probs

Don't forget to post some pics of the build

coupe69 · 29 Dec 2010 at 22:06

stevie_vee said:
Ok....done some research and understand now. Basicly the two colored memory slots work together so i'll have 1 stick of memory in one of the other two slots that will work on it's own.....correct???

Steve.

You need to be running either 2 sticks or 4 sticks of memory on the P55 chipset otherwise it will not run in dual channel mode.

The kits that include 3 (or 6) sticks of memory are designed for the X58 platform (triple channel memory).

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 22:14

Do all four sticks of memory have to be exactly the same? Gig wise i know they do, but what about brand??

Thanks.

coupe69 · 29 Dec 2010 at 22:29

stevie_vee said:
Do all four sticks of memory have to be exactly the same? Gig wise i know they do, but what about brand??

Thanks.

No, but I wouldn't do it

I'd try and stick to the same brand as kits are usually shipped as matched pairs. You'd also have the issues of different latencies voltages etc, better to stick to stuff that's known to work together properly.

You could always purchase the correct memory and send the triple channel kit back by DSR?

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 22:37

Cool....I may do that...What is DSR? excuse my numbskull head...lol.

RJC · 29 Dec 2010 at 22:40

Distant Selling Act, you have 7 days to return the item.

Ask for a RMA number or see if they will allow you to swop, assuming you bought from Ocuk.

stevie_vee · 29 Dec 2010 at 23:10

Excellent. Thanks. I might aswell get the right ram before i comence the build.