Old P7P55D motherboard RAM upgrade

[Gideon Knab]

Hi,

First off, I'm new on these forums so be gentle 😉

Im looking to upgrade my RAM since its only 4gb's atm and I feel like my PC is slow because of it.
I got an ASUS P7P55D motherboard and a Intel Core i7 860 Boxed CPU running at 2933 MHZ.

My full PC can be seen at http://tweakers.net/gallery/650194/wenslijst/?wish_id=685768. It's a dutch website since I am dutch

Ive found the QVL for my motherboard but its kinda outdated and I can't seem to find any of the tested RAM. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Gideon

 

[alexoiu]

Definitely. It's installed and running in my pc with a i5-750 and a P55 chipset.
Due to their height, make sure that they fit the CPU cooler.

 

[Gideon Knab]

Tho here it says its more than just about Mhz and the charts show not alot of increase in FPS in games or anything else :O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

 

[alexoiu]

Of course not. I was just giving you an option for a 8gb kit, as it's pretty difficult to find low density RAMs to fit old boards.

 

[Gideon Knab]

Im guessing since my motherboard is old I need low density RAM. I didnt know what it was and read about it on http://www.ebay.com/gds/MythBUSTED-Density-FACTS-Low-Density-vs-High-Density-/10000000003939852/g.html

 

[gskill support]

The i5-750 CPU is natively DDR3-1333. Anything higher requires CPU BCLK overclock.

Most newer RAM modules must boot at DDR3-1600 due to the latest JEDEC standard. You can hope that the DDR3-1600+ RAM you buy has the ability to boot at DDR3-1333, or you can just get DDR3-1333 and know for sure it will.

 

[Gideon Knab]

I got a i7 860 boxed tho. Dont know if its the same story with this CPU. http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/245453/intel-core-i7-860-boxed.html

 

[alexoiu]

If XMP option available in BIOS, and RAMs are XMP capable, then you should be able to run them at 1600 with 0 issues.
Here:
My CPU:

The RAMs I have:

and their speed (800x2 = 1600):

 

[gskill support]

My bad, for some reason I thought you had a 750.. well as long you get double sided RAM it will work.

4GB modules will be difficult to find in this order. From G.Skill, it is only the F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT

For 8GB modules, they will be double sided.

 

[Gideon Knab]

so http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/297635/g-punt-skill-f3-10666cl9s-8gbxl.html should work for my setup?

 

[gskill support]

yes