Hi
I consider myself to be a middle of the road guy when it comes to computer knowledge, all book learned. However, im not too experienced in the "low level stuff".
I wanted to expand to 8GB memory, so i bought another 4GB kit of the Reapers [when OCZ still made memory] and tried to install. To my dismay, the comp would not boot. Now this memory required bios adjustments to run which i had already done when installing the first 4GB. Changed memory voltage from 1.8 to 2.1v as per OCZ, and also played around with the timings a little to get the desired 533mhz to achieve 1066mhz.
After ALOT of emails and searching online i found out that AMD cpu's had a limitation [the cpu internal memory controller is designed to run memory at 1066 or higher speed "only in one channel"!! P.O.'d i returned the second 4GB kit to the vendor, and continued running only 4GB to this day.
Since that time i have made some changes in habit when using the pc. I spend alot more time running streaming video at times i might run as many as 2 or 3 in 2 different browsers, until i started getting BSOD's.....................................
So, im thinking its one of two things. Either my mainboard design cant handle the load of all that data demand, or , i need more memory.
Now i find out that OCZ is out of the memory business so im left to finding some of the slim pickins on Ebay. Or go to a different brand.
I had an idea, noticed that a couple of manufacturers still make 4GB sticks of DDR2 pc-8500 memory. Im curious if i can use 2 of them to make a total of 8GB running in one channel [which would replace my current 4GB of OCZ Reaper memory].
Or, do i need to get 8GB of pc-6400 800mhz and run the pc slower than before, but be able to make use of both channels [i.e. 2GBsticks x4 slots]?
Any idea as to which direction i should go on the memory?
Sorry for the long winded story but i thought explaining my case would be of some use.
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H board
AMD Phenom II x3 2.5Ghz cpu [3cores]
OCZ Reaper PC-8500 1066mhz memory 4GB kit in single channel @ 2.1volts
Asus EAH5670 video adapter 775mhz 400stream processors 128bit 1GB GDDR5
Asus Xonar DX sound card
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB Hard Disk
Thermaltake 450watt PSU
I consider myself to be a middle of the road guy when it comes to computer knowledge, all book learned. However, im not too experienced in the "low level stuff".
I wanted to expand to 8GB memory, so i bought another 4GB kit of the Reapers [when OCZ still made memory] and tried to install. To my dismay, the comp would not boot. Now this memory required bios adjustments to run which i had already done when installing the first 4GB. Changed memory voltage from 1.8 to 2.1v as per OCZ, and also played around with the timings a little to get the desired 533mhz to achieve 1066mhz.
After ALOT of emails and searching online i found out that AMD cpu's had a limitation [the cpu internal memory controller is designed to run memory at 1066 or higher speed "only in one channel"!! P.O.'d i returned the second 4GB kit to the vendor, and continued running only 4GB to this day.
Since that time i have made some changes in habit when using the pc. I spend alot more time running streaming video at times i might run as many as 2 or 3 in 2 different browsers, until i started getting BSOD's.....................................
So, im thinking its one of two things. Either my mainboard design cant handle the load of all that data demand, or , i need more memory.
Now i find out that OCZ is out of the memory business so im left to finding some of the slim pickins on Ebay. Or go to a different brand.
I had an idea, noticed that a couple of manufacturers still make 4GB sticks of DDR2 pc-8500 memory. Im curious if i can use 2 of them to make a total of 8GB running in one channel [which would replace my current 4GB of OCZ Reaper memory].
Or, do i need to get 8GB of pc-6400 800mhz and run the pc slower than before, but be able to make use of both channels [i.e. 2GBsticks x4 slots]?
Any idea as to which direction i should go on the memory?
Sorry for the long winded story but i thought explaining my case would be of some use.
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H board
AMD Phenom II x3 2.5Ghz cpu [3cores]
OCZ Reaper PC-8500 1066mhz memory 4GB kit in single channel @ 2.1volts
Asus EAH5670 video adapter 775mhz 400stream processors 128bit 1GB GDDR5
Asus Xonar DX sound card
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB Hard Disk
Thermaltake 450watt PSU
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