Hi all.
Haven't built a system for a good 10 years now and it appears the game has run away from me. I'm more about building software these days and less about hardware.
My desktop is still a i7-920. It's 11 years old and still going fairly strong, but she's a little low on RAM these days.
I want to buy some 2nd hand RAM to rejuvenate the old girl. She needs to last another year or so and then I will be dropping some money on a new system.
Now - I am having a nightmare finding the correct RAM. Like I said, the game has run away with me.
So - I want to put say around 12gb of RAM into the system, which is current 3 x 2gb sticks.
Figured that would be easy, but the stick that came today will not boot this machine.
After looking at CPU-Z - the motherboard is a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R and the current memory config is 3 x 2gb sticks of Corsair Dominator CM3X2G1600C9D6.
So...questions.
1. What memory can I install to get to 10-12gb of RAM?
2. Can I put a 8gb in on its own with 2 x 2gb sticks? Or do they have to be pairs? I can't remember how it works with DRAM!
3. What's the deal with CAS latency. I think these sticks are 7-7-7-9 or might be 7-7-7-24. I'm not an expert these days though.
Thanks ever so much.
Craig.
Haven't built a system for a good 10 years now and it appears the game has run away from me. I'm more about building software these days and less about hardware.
My desktop is still a i7-920. It's 11 years old and still going fairly strong, but she's a little low on RAM these days.
I want to buy some 2nd hand RAM to rejuvenate the old girl. She needs to last another year or so and then I will be dropping some money on a new system.
Now - I am having a nightmare finding the correct RAM. Like I said, the game has run away with me.
So - I want to put say around 12gb of RAM into the system, which is current 3 x 2gb sticks.
Figured that would be easy, but the stick that came today will not boot this machine.
After looking at CPU-Z - the motherboard is a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R and the current memory config is 3 x 2gb sticks of Corsair Dominator CM3X2G1600C9D6.
So...questions.
1. What memory can I install to get to 10-12gb of RAM?
2. Can I put a 8gb in on its own with 2 x 2gb sticks? Or do they have to be pairs? I can't remember how it works with DRAM!
3. What's the deal with CAS latency. I think these sticks are 7-7-7-9 or might be 7-7-7-24. I'm not an expert these days though.
Thanks ever so much.
Craig.