6gb ram kit usable?

[Nexus Radical]

Hi, I want to use 6gb of ram from 3 sticks (3x2gb). Will my operating system use the full 6gb of ram? or is my build not compatible?

Specs:

CPU: I5-4690k
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate
PSU: EVGA 600W Bronze PC Power Supply
GPU: MSI R7 250 2GB
OS: Windows 7 64-bit. (Service pack 1, Home Premium.)

Link to the ram i'm buying: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2GB-1x2GB-DDR3-1333MHz-PC3-10600-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-240-pin-Desktop-Memory-RAM-/321576689872?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item4adf76e0d0

Im going to buy 3 loads of the 1x2gb.

 

[nukemaster]

While it should work in a strange mixed mode(not quite dual channel over all the memory, but Intel based boards tend to not cut down to single either).

It is generally recommended to buy pairs sold for this type of thing. While it is not common, sometimes even the same sticks do not work together in pairs(let alone sets of 3).

Please see your MB manual to ensure you place the sticks in the right slots as some boards are picky about stick placement.

4 sticks would more than likely give better performance than just 3 in this case as well.

 

[Nexus Radical]

While it should work in a strange mixed mode(not quite dual channel over all the memory, but Intel based boards tend to not cut down to single either).

It is generally recommended to buy pairs sold for this type of thing. While it is not common, sometimes even the same sticks do not work together in pairs(let alone sets of 3).

Please see your MB manual to ensure you place the sticks in the right slots as some boards are picky about stick placement.

4 sticks would more than likely give better performance than just 3 in this case as well.

So would you recommend me waiting it out for a while to be able to afford something like 2x4gb, 1x8gb or 4x2gb. (I dont' wanna go lower than 6gb.)

 

[nukemaster]

2 x 4 is a good place for most users. and getting it as a kit reduces the chances of compatibility issues.

1 x 8 is not recommended because it will be single channel and can effect performance of memory intensive programs.

4 x 2 works, but may be a bit harder on the memory controller than just the 2 sticks. If getting 4 sticks, most motherboard makers have a QVL (that should be yours) with memory they have tested in sets of 4.

I went for years just mixing and matching all kinds of memory, but have had 2 times when mixing caused issues. One was almost never an issue, but the other time, it caused all kinds of issues(all memory was the same speed/timings/voltage).