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I have acquired two sets of 2x16GB RipJaws DDR4-3200 RAM for what I deem as a low and reasonable price.
It seems that if I love my (aging) computer, I can't resist the fantasies about how to make it better, even if some chump-change could be better applied to a newer processor, board -- maybe DDR5 RAM. So I have these kits from G.SKILL, new, in their unopened blister packages.
I just . . .finally . . . completed the troubleshooting and repair of the beloved computer with a motherboard swapout -- the board ASUS sent me last year under warranty after I'd bought an open-box in a hurry online -- probably at EBay. The Open-Box led to a string of 14 random shutdowns that occurred on average every 14.5 days -- hard to diagnose, but I'm sure the RMA replacement board has nailed it.
So I'm thinking about these RAM kits, and how nice it would be to have 64GB for use as L1 cache under PrimoCache. I'm thinking that it will take a god-awful amount of time to test them, when I need this computer for day-to-day, serious business.
I guess I'm asking "should I, or shouldn't I?" Should I . . . test each kit, one at a time? Or stand pat for the moment with the 2x16GB kit that's already in the box and working fine? What problems might I encounter, when I don't need any such problems right now?
It's OK that I acquired these RipJaws kits. I was going to build another one of these systems anyway with a Silly-Lottery de-lid/re-lid Skylake processor. I've got a spare, and new -- workstation motherboard. All the parts are in my possession. I just need to put it together. I can take my time with a system that I'm not yet using for practical business.
I know. I know. "PUt it all on the e-Heap and get yourself an Alder Lake with a Z690 board." I can do that next year. Or -- by then -- a (what's-it-called?) -- Z790 system?
It seems that if I love my (aging) computer, I can't resist the fantasies about how to make it better, even if some chump-change could be better applied to a newer processor, board -- maybe DDR5 RAM. So I have these kits from G.SKILL, new, in their unopened blister packages.
I just . . .finally . . . completed the troubleshooting and repair of the beloved computer with a motherboard swapout -- the board ASUS sent me last year under warranty after I'd bought an open-box in a hurry online -- probably at EBay. The Open-Box led to a string of 14 random shutdowns that occurred on average every 14.5 days -- hard to diagnose, but I'm sure the RMA replacement board has nailed it.
So I'm thinking about these RAM kits, and how nice it would be to have 64GB for use as L1 cache under PrimoCache. I'm thinking that it will take a god-awful amount of time to test them, when I need this computer for day-to-day, serious business.
I guess I'm asking "should I, or shouldn't I?" Should I . . . test each kit, one at a time? Or stand pat for the moment with the 2x16GB kit that's already in the box and working fine? What problems might I encounter, when I don't need any such problems right now?
It's OK that I acquired these RipJaws kits. I was going to build another one of these systems anyway with a Silly-Lottery de-lid/re-lid Skylake processor. I've got a spare, and new -- workstation motherboard. All the parts are in my possession. I just need to put it together. I can take my time with a system that I'm not yet using for practical business.
I know. I know. "PUt it all on the e-Heap and get yourself an Alder Lake with a Z690 board." I can do that next year. Or -- by then -- a (what's-it-called?) -- Z790 system?