best ram for Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 board (fao CAT-THE-FIFTH)

[jerichoy2j]

been told by me mate cheekster to ask CAT-THE-FIFTH for his expert advice
need want 2x4gb ram


cheeers jerichoy2j

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Corsair tends to be a safe choice. A lot of the DIMMs now seem to be 1.5V although AFAIK these should be fine.

This kit should do the job:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(...-9-9-9-27-165v

These two sets are cheaper:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264750

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254550

These sets are a tad more expensive:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/262580

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/195372

AFAIK,the AM3 systems tend to be less picky about RAM and unless a RAM set is known to cause problems it will probably be fine.

I would make sure that you go for the latest version of the Gigabyte motherboard which is AM3+ and has a black socket.

[jerichoy2j]

Corsair tends to be a safe choice. A lot of the DIMMs now seem to be 1.5V although AFAIK these should fine.

This kit should do the job:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(...-9-9-9-27-165v

These two sets are cheaper:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264750

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254550

These sets are a tad more expensive:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/262580

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/195372

AFAIK,the AM3 systems tend to be less picky about RAM and unless a RAM set is known to cause problems it will probably be fine.

I would make sure that you go for the latest version of the Gigabyte motherboard which is AM3+ and has a black socket.

cheeers fella just had some corsair go so not keen to get it again

board is gigabyte ga-870a-ud3 rev 2.1

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

cheeers fella just had some corsair go so not keen to get it again

The Kingston sets would be a good alternative IMHO.

board is gigabyte ga-870a-ud3 rev 2.1

I thought you were looking for a motherboard. Oops!

[jerichoy2j]

The Kingston sets would be a good alternative IMHO.



I thought you were looking for a motherboard. Oops!

as im doing a complete reinstall of operating system win 7 stupid question i remember the old windows x86 dont show more than 4gb of ram does win7 x86?


this is picture of my old buggered ram in memtest

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

as im doing a complete reinstall of operating system win 7 stupid question i remember the old windows x86 dont show more than 4gb of ram does win7 x86?


this is picture of my old buggered ram in memtest

If you have Windows XP,Vista or 7 64 bit you will be able to use more than 4GB of system RAM.

[jerichoy2j]

hey cat-the-fifth
i bought these http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254550
but the problem wasnt the ram it was the motherboard
cant u recommend me a motherboard for this ram i just bought and for a phenom ii x6 2.85 ghz

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

hey cat-the-fifth
i bought these http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254550
but the problem wasnt the ram it was the motherboard
cant u recommend me a motherboard for this ram i just bought and for a phenom ii x6 2.85 ghz

Have you got an RMA replacement??

This Asus motherboard is quite decent IMHO:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-...-sata-raid-atx

However,for a few quid more I would get one of the following 890GX motherboards:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/197546

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/197748

I consider the Asus 890GX motherboard a bit better than the Gigabyte one although the latter also has USB3.0 ports too.

OTH,the AM3+ motherboards are being released in the next few months and these will work with Bulldozer.