Upgrade my Ram :]

--sam-- · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:25

I want to upgrade from 4gb to 8, my motherboard is the gigabyte Z68AP-D3, currently I am using Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24), can I go for any old ram? or must it be dual channel?

also, what are the different PC3 things, and do they matter when upgrading my ram? thanks,

sam ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

wazza300 · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:46

corsair vengeance 1600mhz ram should work fine 8gb

--sam-- · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:49

where do I find it, is it dual channel?

wazza300 · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:50

yes hold on ill link you to it

i run the very same kit on an asus z68,works fine

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-299-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

--sam-- · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:51

So just pull out the old ram and stick this in the same slots and im good to go?

wazza300 · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:53

yes,stick it in the same slots,or coming from cpu to front of case,leave first slot empty,second slot put ram in,third slot leave empty and fourth slot put ram in and thats it

--sam-- · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:54

Ok, thanks!

its on offer aswell ^-^

wazza300 · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:54

yeah grab it,its worth the money

--sam-- · 13 Feb 2012 at 19:57

What should I do with the old ram? would selling it on Ebay work?

wazza300 · 13 Feb 2012 at 20:00

yeah sell on ebay or here on the member market,i wouldnt mix it with the vengeance ram as it might cause instability,its best to buy all matching ram ect,make/model

Surveyor · 13 Feb 2012 at 20:41

wazza300 said:
yeah sell on **** or here on the member market

They need another month or so of forum membership and 929 more posts to access the Members Market.

--sam-- · 13 Feb 2012 at 20:53

hmmm

ah well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'll try ebay.

EggCustard · 14 Feb 2012 at 21:59

--sam-- said:
where do I find it, is it dual channel?

Dual channel doesn't exist, rather memory or RAM (however you wish to refer to it) that can be run in dual channel mode providing you install two matched DIMM's in a suitable motherboard in the correct DIMM slots.

Almost all PC memory these days being DDR2 and DDR3 is sold in dual channel packs (meaning matched DIMM's) or more i.e. four DIMM's.

Depending on yout motherboard it will support dual, triple or quad channel memory configuration thus operation.

In the case of P67/Z68 it's dual channel at most at PC3-12800 spec unless overclocked.