Memory On A AMD Board

FishAk

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If you download the Memory/Device support PDF from your motherboard link, you will see that the memory you also linked is not listed.
 

Melanie

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its linked for the intel part on the corsair web site and its running in the mother board just think it might be bottlenecking maybe with amd
 

fffblackmage

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Correct, it is only rated for 1333MHz. However, DDR3-1333 is the standard memory specification for processors like the i5-7xx and i7-8xx. For DDR3-1600, you need to do some overclocking.

In the end, I don't think you'll notice a difference between DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1600 anyways. There's already plenty of bandwidth readily available in dual channel DDR3-1333.

and help me why would lower V ram 1.5 v vs 1.65 v ram be different casue theres even some with 1.9v im looking at with 7-7-7-20
Yes, lower timings is still better, but the impact on performance is not significant. You'll see the difference in benchmarks, but the real world impact is unnoticeable.

JEDEC is an association that sets standards on these kinds of electronics. They define 1.5V as the standard voltage for DDR3. This standard is set to ensure reliability, stability, and compatibility.

Increasing the voltage is great to push the clockspeed - increasing bandwidth, and lower timings - lower latency. However, this usually comes at the cost of long term reliability and stability.

The best example of this is the infamous DDR2 Ballistix ram that used 2.2V instead of the standard 1.8V. They were probably the best performing ram with great overclocking potential and low timings. However, I've seen many people posting on forums and on newegg about how their stick(s) of Ballistix ram died on them. Many of them also mention having to RMA dead Ballistix ram for the second or third time.

It's fine to get high performance ram that requires higher voltages. However, you're looking for something reliable, so I would recommend sticking with the standard 1.5V ram. If you do decide to buy DDR3-1600 anyways, be sure to find a set that uses 1.5V.
 
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Your RAM should be fine - i always say all DDR3 kits work on all DDR3 motherboards; some fine-tuning may be needed but it will work. You could try increasing the RAM voltage by one or two notches.

Increasing CPU-NB voltage (memory controller voltage) could also help though. At all stock speeds/settings I ran IntelBurn High 20 passes and I failed around pass 10-12 at the default 1.15V. Upped it till it was stable through the test at around 1.225V - and this is at stock CPU speed, stock NB speed, stock RAM speed & timings.
 

Melanie

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is 4 gigs enough or should we get 4 more to have head room or just get some with better timeings

also TY FFFBlackMage forthe break down and a better understanding ... but im still lost .hehehe
 

fffblackmage

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lol, and I tried so hard to make it simple to understand. XD

If you're having trouble understanding, it's simpler to just worry about getting a reliable set of ram.

You shouldn't have to worry about timings or voltages. The Mushkin ram I linked earlier is a plain vanilla DDR3-1333 set. It should just work.

4GB is usually enough, but it really depends what you do on your computer.
 

Blitzvogel

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I think it's been pretty well proven that AMD systems with DDR3-1333 really see no benefit even from 1066 and even 800. It'll change when Fusion hits though.........and I hope AMD is ready to support DDR3-2000 by that point, especially if they plan to release an APU that is quad-x86 + whatever amount of stream processors.