Gigabyte X58 DS4 with 12GB F3-12800CL9T

[Asad_A203]

Hi,

I purchased this ram originally when I built my PC in January of 2009:

G.SKILL F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 9-9-9-24 Triple Channel Memory Kit

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=34719&...acture=G.Skill

It seems to run fine at 1600Mhz when XMP is enabled in BIOS with my Gigabyte DS4 X58 motherboard and i7 920.

I was recently looking into adding another 3 sticks of this ram in my PC but I have heard some conflicting reports on some of the older X58 mobos (I believe mine is one of the oldest i7 x58 boards nowadays) where 1600Mhz will not be supported when you have 6 sticks of triple channel ram.

Could someone please clarify on this manner or if there is a specific setting I will need to run to have them all run at 1600Mhz?

Thanks in advance.

[GSKILL TECH]

The issue is whether the new kit will be compatible with your old kit. Even of the same exact model, it can have problems. For this reason, you will want a 12GB kit that was pre-matched and tested together such as the G.Skill F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL

Thank you
GSKILL TECH