Hello I am a Noob with what maybe a silly question. I am rebuilding my system on the cheap (hopefully). I bought a Phenom II X4 965 CPU, I just bought the Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 board yesterday and then I have what may now be my problem child. I snatched up a great deal on ebay, a Patriot DDR3 6gb 1333mhz (PVT36G1333ELK) 6gb kit. I read that it was triple channel and whatever but it was a great deal new and ddr3 so I got it. Now I'm waiting for everything to arrive and I am not sure if I will be able to use it. I called Patriot and they gave me a nebulas answer of well its for I7s but they don't know I can try it. The thing is I don't want to open it if its not going to work. So I checked the Asus site and its listed but as working 1 DIMM 2 DIMMs 4 DIMMS. Does anyone know if I will be able to put all three DIMMS in and the system work properly? Really given the set up so far will the system work. Any guidance will help. I am basically trying to keep cost down on this build but I want it somewhat "future proof." What would be the best set up, will it run in single channel if I use 3, and if so will that slow it down? So to summarize I have ordered the following so far.
Phenom II X4 965
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
Patriot DDR3 6gb 1333mhz (PVT36G1333ELK)
and I have a 550w Power supply from my old system which I hope to use
I know its a lot but thanks
Phenom II X4 965
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
Patriot DDR3 6gb 1333mhz (PVT36G1333ELK)
and I have a 550w Power supply from my old system which I hope to use
I know its a lot but thanks