DDR3

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  1. ethan206

    [SOLVED] Does my laptop support 16GB of RAM?

    I have a Dell Latitude E6520 with 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM and I want to put in 16GB of RAM in it. I recently upgraded my CPU from a i7 2640M to an i7 2760QM and while both do support 16GB of RAM, the i7 2760QM supports it at a higher clock of 1600MHz. So my first question is if my CPU supports...
  2. Y

    Question problem with ram

    i'm using a desktop with a core i5-4570 cpu on a gigabyte ga-h81m-s2pv motherboard and 2x4gb ddr3 ram operating windows 8.1 pro. recently i installed gigabyte app centre from their website and it updated 8 of my drivers. then after several hours suddenly the display went jerkingly blurred with...
  3. S

    [SOLVED] Will an i3 6100 with ddr3 ram bottleneck an RX580

    Yep you heard me. DDR3 on Skylake. I wanted to keep my ram during my upgrade around 4 years ago, I'm cheap <Mod Edit>. I've seen videos on youtube on how well it runs on skylake but this is with ddr4 ram. Which to my understanding is almost twice as fast as ddr3. Here's my setup: i3 6100 Asus...
  4. W

    Question HELP! having blue screens when installing new working ram

    i have had loads of problems recently concerning ram. i had a ram stick where i would receive the POST led code 55. so i stopped using that 8gb ram stick i now only use 1x8gb stick and everything runs fine. recently i bought another stick of ram because i thought my old one failed and when i...
  5. W

    [SOLVED] Trying to get some advice on DDR3 RAM replacements

    Hello, Below is my current setup. https://ibb.co/KctKt9q Not 100% sure but slow PC startup seems to get better when removing the RAM and resetting it a few times. I am thinking sticks may be fried, wanted to get something that can work with the z97 anniversary MOBO. I figured now is a good...
  6. G

    [SOLVED] is FP1 the front panel connecters in this motherboard?

    Its labled FP1 i uploaded inages of it just need to know if it is the right f-panel connecters or are they not the ones. Motherboard is intel h57 View: https://imgur.com/gallery/It9XlOn
  7. G

    [SOLVED] Is this a 550v power supply or a 230v power supply?

    I am confused to this power supply it is saying mwe 550 white 230v and would it be enough and safe for a gtx 960 2gb Power supply is Cooler Master MWE 550W 80PLUS White Power Supply -...
  8. G

    [SOLVED] motherboaard only has a serial port no hdmi port, vga, display port what to do?

    my Intel P55 Wide Use LGA1156 Desktop Accessories DDR3 Motherboard USB Interface doesn't have either a hdmi port, display port or vga port, only a serial port how do i get connect to my monitor? i can't get into the bios. I tried finding a adapter for serial port to hdmi i don't think they...
  9. P

    Question Can I mix these RAMs?

    Hi, I have the Asus Z97-PRO and I want to mix rams in my system. My existing setup includes 4 X 2GB DDR3 1600 Mhz. More details here: I have a new (single) RAM stick of DDR 8 GB RAM, with a speed of 1866 Mhz from a different brand (Kllisre): I have currently installed the new stick in Slot...
  10. P

    [SOLVED] i5-6500 + RX 580 8gb, good combo for gaming?

    Friend of mine has offered to sell me i5 6500, ASUS B150 Pro Gaming Aura, XPG Dazzle 2x8GB (2400MHz) for around $267. (used parts, around 2 years old but the parts still have warranty) I am wondering if that's a good thing to pair with RX 580 8gb and will games like Battlefield 1 and Hunt...
  11. S

    Question why cant i get dual channel to enable

    cant get full 16gb of ram cant get pc to go into dual channel last i checked my mobo could do dual channel on the specs ..... cpu A6-6400k 3.9 GHz ram- is ddr3 16GB (2x8gb ddr3 sticks 1333Mhz) mobo- A68HM-P33
  12. M

    Question 2GB 1333 + 4GB 1600 vs. 4GB 1600

    My computer is currently running a DDR3 2GB 1333 ram. I am planning to add/replace it with a DDR3 4GB 1600. Should I set it up with a total of 6GB but runs at 1333 or 4GB that runs at 1600? Also my computer is Acer Aspire M3970.
  13. K

    Question Hyper X Dual Channel with 3 Dimms not working! (FIXED)

    Super nooby but please help, am only young. I already have 2 x 8 Gb HyperX Fury Black DDR3 - 1866 sticks running in dual channel. I recently won another 8 Gb dimm of HyperX Fury Black DDR3 - 1600 ... Was told it would work but system will power up, chill for about a minute then switch off and...
  14. Nates10

    Question Is Kingston HyperX Fury (HX318C10F/8) will be compatible to my PC?

    Hi, I want to upgrade my RAM to 16GB. However, I'm not sure if this is good to my PC. Please check my PC Specs Below: CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz Motherboard: Lenovo Sharkbay 90B6006GIX RAM: Ramaxel 1600 & Micron 1600 Please help. I'm not good in upgrading pc, any help will be...
  15. O

    [SOLVED] Upgrade Suggestions? Need new motherboard/New CPU, RAM, and motherboard

    I am in need to upgrade my computer due to certain parts not working with each other - I took it to the repair shop and they said I needed a new motherboard as my GPU (R9 390, second hand) wasn't working due to my motherboard being faulty. I currently have an i5 4460K processor with the 1150...
  16. M

    [SOLVED] Adding RAM to intel DH55PJ , pc keeps restarting after getting stuck on windows logo...

    PC build : intel DH55PJ motherboard , core i3 540 (discontinued version ), ram : silicon power SP002GBL TUI133V02 DDR3 1333 (CL9) 2GB 1011SO0550(13V) Newly Bought RAM: PC3 12800U 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz 512x8 81C CL11.0 U-DIMM (1.5V) 04x9006152232 9DXXCN4E made in Taiwan Windows 10 home...
  17. A

    Question Add RAM or replace?

    Hi! Right now I have 2x 4GB DDR3 Kingston hyperx 1333mhz CL9 RAM. I was thinking about either buying another pair of the same ram or replacing the old one completely with 2x 8GB DDR3 kingston 1600mhz CL10 RAM. Adding more would be slight cheaper but price isn't that much of an issue so which...
  18. H

    [SOLVED] New Ram Hyper Fury 8gb wont work/show on my PC

    So i just bought the Blue Hyper Furry 8GB DDR3 and was glad to recieve it finaly. i putt it on the second slot of my motherboard bcus i only have 2 slots. One for the the 8g Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 1x8GB. Ok so afterwards i took all my cables in again and then started the PC. Waited a bit and...
  19. Falxyar

    Question Should I use single-channel 24GB of ram or dual-channel 16GB of ram?

    Hello, this is my first time ever in any forum asking anything in all my life, so please, forgive my ignorance, I would just like a direct answer on what I should be doing. Here's the situation. I've been slowly upgrading my PC over the years, started with most of the stuff I've got, and...
  20. S

    Question HP 450 G4 RAM upgrade

    I have a HP 450 G4 with a 4GB DDR3 and I wanna bump it up as much as possible. I saw that it only goes up to 8GB on the HP website. I also have an old 450 G0 which goes up to 16GB. How is that possible? I want to at least go up to 12GB. Can this be done? :)
  21. S

    Question Toshiba Satellite C640 (PSC2UG-00P001) RAM Upgrade

    My laptop is Toshiba Satellite C640 (PSC2UG-00P001). Please visit the following link to see the full configuration. https://www.91mobiles.com/toshiba-c640-x4012-core-i5-2nd-gen-4-gb-500-gb-dos-laptop-price-in-india-59342 The current RAM total capacity is 4GB. 2GB in each slot. its specification...
  22. R

    Question RAM stick recognized in BIOS but not utilized when running

    Hi all, I recently purchased a SAMSUNG 32GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 32 GB Server Memory Model M386B4G70DM0-CMA RAM stick for an upgrade to my computer. My motherboard is an Asus Z97-A, which I read supports up to 32 GB and DDR3 memory. However, when I replaced my previous 2 sticks, 2x4...
  23. S

    Question Why, when 3 sticks, game performance is atleast 60% lower than two?

    Hi TH, I have recently been having some issues with my computer, I was getting tons of BSOD's to the point where I could no longer boot windows. Being me, I just tried re-installing windows. I had found this ROG Windows 10, it's pretty cool, it states performance increase for games and...
  24. T

    Question How to identifies kits of RAMs that will run at their advertised speeds WITHOUT requiring XMP or any other BIOS option tweak/change

    Want to upgrade a friend RAM to a 16GB kit which is the limit on his board but read that some kits require a specific BIOS option to run at the advertised speeds, which this board doesn't have The BIOS is extremely limited and there are no option to adjust/modify anything Ram related...
  25. J

    [SOLVED] Are my RAM compatible to each other, the CPU and Motherboard?

    Now that I know that my RAM is causing the issue of an BSOD, I want to know if my RAM is compatible with each other. I've did Memtest86 and the Memory diagnostics and nothing seemed to show up. I also want to know if it could be an issue of my Motherboard causing this issue. I get the BSODs...
  26. W

    Question So I just found out that 2 out of 4 of my sticks of ram are slower.

    Hello, So I am not particularly sure if this is REALLY a problem, however I have always wondered why sometimes I may have minor stuttering in some games. I was always thinking "is it my graphics card?", "is it my cpu?", etc. It might be because of how two out of four of my ram sticks are slower...
  27. T

    Question Planning to add more RAM, do I have to use ECC?

    Hello, I bought a while back a refurbished office PC with added graphics card, mainly for gaming. I would now want to add more RAM, as that seems to be the bottleneck in some games. Motherboard is Fujitsu Celsius W530 with Intel Xeon processor, so EEC/non-EEc is fine, double channeling is also...
  28. X

    Question MSI H61M-P31/W8 motherboard doesn't detect ram

    Hello, I have a MSI H61M-P31/W8 motherboard, and I have 2x4GB Samsung DDR3-12800 ram installed, but it does not detect all of the ram, only one stick, when I went into BIOS, it only says there is 4GB of physical ram installed, when I went to Windows, it says there is 4GB of ram installed, how do...
  29. D

    Question DDR3 RAM replacement/compatibility

    Greetings! I have a relatively old HP e9000 desktop unit with an Intel Core 2 Quad processor. The thing is crazy slow, but I'm hoping that a simple RAM upgrade might help a bit to make it useable as a first computer for my 7 year old. It has three sticks of Micron 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3...
  30. A

    Question Help me purchase proper ram...

    Guys, I am stuck in a problem. I have a 8 years old pc with motherboard foxconn-g41mxe, having processor Intel pentium dual core cpu 5500 at 2.80ghz And a 1gb ddr3 ram. Now I want to upgrade my memory to atleast 4gb. Anything above it will also be fine. Now I am not able to choose the...
  31. S

    [SOLVED] My ram is 1866hmz but its only running on 666.5 mhz (1333 ghz i guess)

    so here is my problem my kingston hyperx 8gb ddr3 1866 ram (HX318C10F/8) only running at 1333 mhz on my motherboard which is asus p8h61-m lx3 r2.0 and i tried changing 1333 mhz to 1866 and 1600 mhz in bios ai tweaker but after changing it from 1333 mhz to 1866 or 1600 my screen goes black cpu...
  32. J

    Build Advice Upgrade or build a new one?

    Hi all, My computer sometimes have some warning like "Motherboard -124.0 centigrade" or "Motherboard +12V 0.000V". Also, the usage of CPU always between 95% to 100% while playing PUBG at 1080p. Current System was built in 2012 CPU: I5-3470 @ 3.2 Cooling: Cooler Master MA610P Mobo: Asus P8B75-V...
  33. J

    Discussion DDR3 Memory Overclock past XMP

    Hi everyone, I'm just wondering about my overclock on the 2 memory modules I am using in my PC (Using ASUS p8Z77-m pro Motherboard and I7 3770): Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866MHz CL9-10-9-27-2T 1.5V 2x8gb dual channel It is originally a kit of 4 but I purchased 2 sticks. I decided to mess...
  34. a5hwin

    Question 4gb 1333mhz vs 6gb 667mhz

    I have a 2gb ddr3 desktop ramstick clocked at 667mhz and another 4gb ddr3 desktop ramstick clocked @1333mhz If i use both of them together then the motherboard underclocks the 4gb ramstick to 667mhz and i get a total ram of 6gb @667MHz So should i go for only 4gb @1333mhz or use both and get...
  35. darko.skulic

    Question Will 2x2gb and 2x4gb ram work just fine?

    Hey guys how are you doing? i have a pc with a gigabyte ga 990xa udr3 motherboard and a phenom iix4 955 processor. I hav 2x2gb 1600mhz patriot ddr3 ram. But my pc is not very good at gaming and lately it started dropnig fps on games. I wanna put 8gb 2x4gb 1600mhz and i found adata 2x4gb sticks...
  36. A

    Question Is it worth upgrading to DDR4 or getting more DDR3 ram

    Hello, Intel Core i7 4770 Dell 0KWVT8 motherboard 2x 4gb DDR3 @ 1600MHz (cpu-z says 800mhz but I assume that is for each stick) AMD r9 290 A couple of years back I bought a Dell XPS 8700 prebuilt computer. I have upgraded the PC's graphics card and power supply only. I have an r9 290 in it...
  37. J

    [SOLVED] Can any processor use any type of RAM as long as the motherboard supports it?

    Can any processor use any type of RAM (DDR, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, DDR5) as long as the motherboard has the correct socket for the type of RAM? Or is it dependent on the memory controller in the CPU?
  38. A

    Question What motherboard do I need for an i7 4790k 4.0Ghz?

    Also have 1600Mhz Corsair DDR3 ram, need new mobo any suggestions? Or anyway I can find a list of compatible mobos?
  39. L

    [SOLVED] mixing ram

    Hi guys, i have just upgraded my ram to 16gb, i now have 2 spare 4gb sticks, i am just wondering if i put that into another pc with 2 4gb already in there (both ddr3 and 1600MHz) but different brands, there are 2 more empty slots on the other pc so then it can be 16gb also, could this...
  40. oliver.kausland

    Question Different ram

    Hi, I have a ddr3 build and found some ram (2GB). I tried it and it worked but i found out that it was a bit slower than my other ones. Would it be better to not have it or keep it in. I mostly game on my pc if that matters.