I built myself a system a few years ago with the following components, and am in the process of slowly upgrading it and wondered if anyone had some advice on RAM.
Motherboard: Gigabyte p55a-ud3
Processor: Core i5 750
I have 2 x 2GB of ram in there at the moment, and am looking to upgrade.
Now my understanding is that I can add, say 2 x 4Gb in the other 2 slots and, whilst not optimal, this will certainly be an improvement. I've also been told that my processor can't support higher than 1333mhz, but that installing faster RAM will still work, it will just run it at 1333.
However my plans are to, at some point, buy a better cooler for my processor and overclock it, as I've also heard that the i5 750 overclocks a treat (from 2.6 to nearly 4Ghz) and I have a feeling that I've read somewhere that this affects RAM speed.
I looked at RAM prices, and it doesn't seem to be any more expensive for me to get 2133mhz RAM rather than 1333mhz, so is there any downside? Also, there are lots and lots of slightly different models, with different numbers. How much do these matter? Does anyone know which one I want and why?
Any and all advice is warmly welcomed.
Motherboard: Gigabyte p55a-ud3
Processor: Core i5 750
I have 2 x 2GB of ram in there at the moment, and am looking to upgrade.
Now my understanding is that I can add, say 2 x 4Gb in the other 2 slots and, whilst not optimal, this will certainly be an improvement. I've also been told that my processor can't support higher than 1333mhz, but that installing faster RAM will still work, it will just run it at 1333.
However my plans are to, at some point, buy a better cooler for my processor and overclock it, as I've also heard that the i5 750 overclocks a treat (from 2.6 to nearly 4Ghz) and I have a feeling that I've read somewhere that this affects RAM speed.
I looked at RAM prices, and it doesn't seem to be any more expensive for me to get 2133mhz RAM rather than 1333mhz, so is there any downside? Also, there are lots and lots of slightly different models, with different numbers. How much do these matter? Does anyone know which one I want and why?
Any and all advice is warmly welcomed.