I7 920 ram

[Kylepatel24]

Hello everybody, around last year I brought a old pre build pc from someone I know just for work and very mild gaming.

The computers name was an Acer aspire predator G7750 I believe. I originally was going to buy the pc to just upgrade it (eg ram and gpu). The computer was made in 2008 or 2009 so becoming around 7 to 8 years old. And I was really confused about the specifications of it.

The motherboard was some random acer branding rubbish and apparently can only handle 12gb of ram (random number too be honest) and the ram that came with it is some 1033mhz ddr3 ram and I have read people saying that if i was too get new ram it couldn't handle 1600 mhz because of the I7 920 the pc has.

I also then have a problem that because there is not much information online about the motherboard I am not entirely sure if it can actually handle 16gb of ram because I have read in the manual that it can handle only 12gb max.

However this computer has had multiple owners in the past and the specifications that this computer has are not the same as stated on the websites. Eg it's supposively has 12gb ram but mine has 4 and it's supposed to have a gtx 470 but mine has a hd 5800...

Therefore I do not know what I should do I'm not sure if it has the original motherboard or ram or cpu or what! I am seeking to upgrade it to 16gb of ram 1600 mhz ddr3 corsair. And I am thinking if I should buy and stick in a gtx 970 as the hd 5800 is getting very old. Any ideas if any of this stuff is compatible? And If the pci slot is fine and if the motherboards and cpus back then can handle any 16gb 1600 mhz ram.. thanks I'm really in a pickle right now so help would be apreciated.

Kyle.

 

[ThatGuyTyping]

Yea, you wont be able to get 1600mhz RAM with that CPU but you can run a GTX 970. You will run into a bottleneck with newer CPU intensive games but otherwise it will run the GPU fine. As long as you have at least a 500watt PSU.

Did you buy the computer 2nd hand? It seems like it may have been stripped of some parts.

 

[Kylepatel24]

Yea, you wont be able to get 1600mhz RAM with that CPU but you can run a GTX 970. You will run into a bottleneck with newer CPU intensive games but otherwise it will run the GPU fine. As long as you have at least a 500watt PSU.

Did you buy the computer 2nd hand? It seems like it may have been stripped of some parts.

yeh a friend of mine so i have no idea how many people owned this pc. im guessing over the years people swapped the cpu and ram around. And do you think 1333 mhz 16gb will work? and i have heard that pc games are slowly and eventually will be more cpu and gpu intensive.
by the way, i think i found out the motherboard its an intel x58...i believe does that have any issues with the amount of ram i want and the gpu.... i read online that the pci slot shouldnt matter.

 

[Kylepatel24]

Yea, you wont be able to get 1600mhz RAM with that CPU but you can run a GTX 970. You will run into a bottleneck with newer CPU intensive games but otherwise it will run the GPU fine. As long as you have at least a 500watt PSU.

Did you buy the computer 2nd hand? It seems like it may have been stripped of some parts.

oh yeh! and btw i heard the more the ghz on the cpu (over clocking) the more mhz of ram the cpu can handle but i have no idea how to over clock. and i heard it takes up more energy and the cpu can break and the cpu can get alot hotter...

 

[ThatGuyTyping]

Yea, you wont be able to get 1600mhz RAM with that CPU but you can run a GTX 970. You will run into a bottleneck with newer CPU intensive games but otherwise it will run the GPU fine. As long as you have at least a 500watt PSU.

Did you buy the computer 2nd hand? It seems like it may have been stripped of some parts.

oh yeh! and btw i heard the more the ghz on the cpu (over clocking) the more mhz of ram the cpu can handle but i have no idea how to over clock. and i heard it takes up more energy and the cpu can break and the cpu can get alot hotter...

According to Intel that CPU can only handle up to 1066Mhz RAM unless its overclocked to be able to utilize the RAM at higher frequencies but can do up to 24GB.

You will have to make sure the motherboard can use all the RAM and what frequency (MHz) it hand handle however some boards just aren't made for it. If you can get the boards model number, it should be on the board itself we can determine what it is capable of.

Overclocking will depend on your motherboard, your CPU cooler and lastly if you have enough power from you PSU. Stock CPU cooler will not be good to overclock with.

 

[Kylepatel24]

Yea, you wont be able to get 1600mhz RAM with that CPU but you can run a GTX 970. You will run into a bottleneck with newer CPU intensive games but otherwise it will run the GPU fine. As long as you have at least a 500watt PSU.

Did you buy the computer 2nd hand? It seems like it may have been stripped of some parts.

oh yeh! and btw i heard the more the ghz on the cpu (over clocking) the more mhz of ram the cpu can handle but i have no idea how to over clock. and i heard it takes up more energy and the cpu can break and the cpu can get alot hotter...

According to Intel that CPU can only handle up to 1066Mhz RAM unless its overclocked to be able to utilize the RAM at higher frequencies but can do up to 24GB.

You will have to make sure the motherboard can use all the RAM and what frequency (MHz) it hand handle however some boards just aren't made for it. If you can get the boards model number, it should be on the board itself we can determine what it is capable of.

Overclocking will depend on your motherboard, your CPU cooler and lastly if you have enough power from you PSU. Stock CPU cooler will not be good to overclock with.

is this it http://imgur.com/RipAFIx

i googled acer predator g7750 (pc name) motherboard and this came up wandering if this could be it
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-Predator-G7750-Desktop-Motherboard-s1366-MB-SCP01-001-MBSCP01001-/141021783532
i have also emailed acer about the motherboard going to find it hard to believe that they will have any information on it as they stop producing them almost 7 years ago...

 

[ThatGuyTyping]

It would be better make sure of what you have since we have already determined parts have been changed. get your dxdiag file. Win+r dxdiag, it should give your "system model"

 

[FinneousPJ]

LGA1366 platform has triple channel RAM. That's why you have 12 GB = 3 x 4 GB max. Way back 4 GB sticks were the highest density ones.

 

[Kylepatel24]

It would be better make sure of what you have since we have already determined parts have been changed. get your dxdiag file. Win+r dxdiag, it should give your "system model"

dxdiag shows my system model to be a 'aspire g7750'

 

[Kylepatel24]

LGA1366 platform has triple channel RAM. That's why you have 12 GB = 3 x 4 GB max. Way back 4 GB sticks were the highest density ones.

so i cant have 16gb of ram

 

[Gillerer]

You *could* get 16 GB by having 2 x 4 GB + 1 x 8 GB (supposing the MB can handle modules > 4 GB) or 4 x 4 GB (if the MB has 6 memory slots), but if you want all of your RAM to run at maximum speed (in triple-channel mode), you want to have three equal size modules or two groups of three with each group having only single size modules. This would mean 3 x 4 GB (or 6 x 4 GB or 3 x 8 GB if the MB supports them).

LGA1366 platform RAM will run at triple-channel mode for the amount that is common to all modules. If any module(s) are have sizes in excess of that, that memory will still be recognized, but won't benefit from the wider memory bus afforded by the multi-channel architecture.

 

[bystander]

LGA1366 platform has triple channel RAM. That's why you have 12 GB = 3 x 4 GB max. Way back 4 GB sticks were the highest density ones.

so i cant have 16gb of ram

If Intel says it can only handle 12Gb, that is all it can handle, and it make sense that it is not 16Gb, because the i7 920 uses triple channel memory. That means they come in groups of 3, not 2, and not 4. Most people at the time got 6Gb with it, and some got 12Gb.

 

[Kylepatel24]

You *could* get 16 GB by having 2 x 4 GB + 1 x 8 GB (supposing the MB can handle modules > 4 GB) or 4 x 4 GB (if the MB has 6 memory slots), but if you want all of your RAM to run at maximum speed (in triple-channel mode), you want to have three equal size modules or two groups of three with each group having only single size modules. This would mean 3 x 4 GB (or 6 x 4 GB or 3 x 8 GB if the MB supports them).

LGA1366 platform RAM will run at triple-channel mode for the amount that is common to all modules. If any module(s) are have sizes in excess of that, that memory will still be recognized, but won't benefit from the wider memory bus afforded by the multi-channel architecture.

i know that you can have 12gb max but what megahertz can it handle

 

[Kylepatel24]

LGA1366 platform has triple channel RAM. That's why you have 12 GB = 3 x 4 GB max. Way back 4 GB sticks were the highest density ones.

so i cant have 16gb of ram

If Intel says it can only handle 12Gb, that is all it can handle, and it make sense that it is not 16Gb, because the i7 920 uses triple channel memory. That means they come in groups of 3, not 2, and not 4. Most people at the time got 6Gb with it, and some got 12Gb.

i can survive on 12 i suppose but what megahertz can it handle

 

[bystander]

Read above. 1066Mhz is what Intel officially supports. Stick with that.

 

[FinneousPJ]

You can overclock your RAM to see what speed it can handle. I recommend overclocking the 920 as well. Here's mine

http://valid.x86.fr/eytkl7

And my RAM is DDR3-1400

 

[Kylepatel24]

You can overclock your RAM to see what speed it can handle. I recommend overclocking the 920 as well. Here's mine

http://valid.x86.fr/eytkl7

And my RAM is DDR3-1400

well, about overclocking if I get a gtx 970 and an overclocked cpu I'm afraid that my psu wont be enough and that the fans wont be enough and the power usage would be exceedingly high, despite the point I don't know how to did it anyway 😛

 

[bystander]

Given the line of questions and where the system came from, I have my doubts to the possibility of an OC.