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I have a situation on my hands that I need to figure out. So first off, I just recently built an AMD based gaming/workstation PC. These are the specs:
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
CPU: AMD FX 8350 "Vishera"
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970
RAM: Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB
PSU: Corsair HX850
etc. etc.
So my question is in regards to RAM. I'm looking to upgrade my RAM kit but I'm a little confused as to what's supported natively in the memory controller for the Vishera chip and what's supported on the Sabertooth mobo.
I read somewhere that the FX 8350 supports 1866 RAM in dual channel mode, but when in a quad channel setup the speed is throttled down to 1600. So does this mean that if I buy a quad channel kit @ 1866, the CPU will only support 1600 speeds? Would buying a dual-channel kit be the only way for the CPU/RAM to natively utilize 1866 speeds?
I've been looking at this kit from G.Skill that is a dual channel 1866 16GB kit with an incredibly low CAS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231623) that seems to fit my needs
If I were to buy the same RAM (1866) but in a quad channel kit, would I be losing that 1866 speed? Is this RAM even supported by the mobo?
I have a situation on my hands that I need to figure out. So first off, I just recently built an AMD based gaming/workstation PC. These are the specs:
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
CPU: AMD FX 8350 "Vishera"
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970
RAM: Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB
PSU: Corsair HX850
etc. etc.
So my question is in regards to RAM. I'm looking to upgrade my RAM kit but I'm a little confused as to what's supported natively in the memory controller for the Vishera chip and what's supported on the Sabertooth mobo.
I read somewhere that the FX 8350 supports 1866 RAM in dual channel mode, but when in a quad channel setup the speed is throttled down to 1600. So does this mean that if I buy a quad channel kit @ 1866, the CPU will only support 1600 speeds? Would buying a dual-channel kit be the only way for the CPU/RAM to natively utilize 1866 speeds?
I've been looking at this kit from G.Skill that is a dual channel 1866 16GB kit with an incredibly low CAS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231623) that seems to fit my needs
If I were to buy the same RAM (1866) but in a quad channel kit, would I be losing that 1866 speed? Is this RAM even supported by the mobo?