Well, second time i have to type this since my first post got deleted, so this one will probably be a lot shorter than my last one. Hopefully i don’t forget anything this time…
OK SO, i just bought 2x4gb of G.Skill Sniper 1866MHz RAM to replace the 6gb of OCZ Platinum that just shot out on me and is causing a lot of computer issues… Well, looking over the compatible RAM page on gigabytes website, i found this little piece of text:
“Only one DIMM per channel supported for 1886mhz RAM and faster”
I have done quite a bit of research on this subject over the past couple of days and have come back even more confused than when i started. BUT, from what i have been able to learn is, There are 4 slots on my mobo (Gigabyte 990fxa ud3). Slots 1, 2, 3, and 4. Slots 1 and 2 are a single channel, while slots 3 and 4 are a single channel, correct?
And from what i can tell is this…I am able to either able to install one 4gb card into slot 1, and one into slot 3 at 1866 MHz OR HIGHER in single channel mode, correct? OR both cards into slots 1 and 2 at 1600MHz OR SLOWER in dual channel mode, correct?
so, assuming that i am correct and dual channel does actually mean have two cards into either slots 1 and 2 OR 3 and 4 running at 1600mhz or slower…WHICH WOULD BE BETTER?
Running both cards in dual channel (slots 1 and 2) at 1600mhz?
OR running both cards in single channel (slots 1 and 3) at 1866mhz or higher?
sorry for the messy post, it was much cleaner and easier to read before it got deleted…oh well, the basic questions are there. Also, i dont really care about if i can tell the difference in speed or not, i just want to milk the fastest speeds i can get out of these things without stressing anything too much (for OCD reasons lol). Here are the rest of my specs:
Win 7 64-bit
Thor v2 Full Tower Case
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Mobo
AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHZ CPU
MSI Radeon HD-7870 2GB GPU
Rosewill Bronze 1000w PSU
(Soon to be) 8GB G.Skill Sniper 1866mhz
2x500GB WD Green in Raid 0
2×34 GB Sandisk (not in raid with OS on one, and APPs on the other)
Thank you all in advance for whatever help you can give me, i get my RAM tomorrow so hopefully i will have a good idea of how i should set them up! (:
I suggest you install the RAM in slots #1 & #3, which is what the manual recommends when using 2 sticks in dual channel. If the RAM doesn’t run in dual channel mode then manually set the RAM down to 1600 and tighten up the timings.
I assume you did order a dual channel kit?
I don’t like your PSU choice either. 4- +12V rails is not the best way to go. A single large +12V rail is preferable. The specs are fudging the numbers too. Adding up the amps on all the rails comes out to over 1300W, not 1000W. See the link below.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ…
Your CPU is 95W, your graphics card will pull a max of under 14A@12V. Even using 2 of them plus RAM and drives you don’t need 1000W.
I suggest you buy a good brand PSU in the range of 54/ 70A@12V.
I am not a fan of bottom mount PSU cases. Also you don’t need all those fans. Top mount PSU plus a 140MM rear fan is all you need.
Larger SSD drives are faster than smaller ones. Better to use one larger one IMO.
Why would you use RAID 0 for your storage needs? RAID 0 has no fault tolerance. Green series WD drives are slow, why did you buy them?
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