x58 - adding a forth stick of Ram?

chickadee · 18 Jul 2015 at 11:56

Hey guys,

Currently have a gigabyte UD5 ver1 (old version) X58 board with an i7 920.

I have 3x2gb Kingston 1600mhz RAM. I was looking through the manual and it states that adding a forth stick will work and still run in tri channel.

Since my RAM is older i cant get the same model.

Wondering if I could just add a forth stick that's the same size/speed/timings and still have it run in triple channel?

wazza300 · 18 Jul 2015 at 12:20

AtreuS · 18 Jul 2015 at 14:13

Should do yes, i fiddled with my x58 before i found a matching set of ram to take me to 12gb. I ran 4 sticks and it ran in that mode while i was fiddling.

elmuzzy66. · 18 Jul 2015 at 15:01

Think you can only run it on dual channel mode.

chickadee · 21 Jul 2015 at 13:53

elmuzzy66. said:
Think you can only run it on dual channel mode.

The manual states triple using either 3 or 4 sticks. Problem is i cant get an identical stick so it would probably be better buying a dual channel set and removing a single stick from my tri set.

TwsT · 21 Jul 2015 at 14:50

any 1600mhz stick would be fine just makesure you adjust the CAS timings to they are all the same. and work at the same volts etc