New AMD build with 16GB 1333, anything to watch for?

[steve53]

Hello,
I have these new parts - Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, 975 Phenom II BE, F3-10666CL7Q-16GBXH, and will be putting it together this weekend. Is there anything I should watch for or need to change besides manually entering stock timings and voltage? I'm not planning on any OCing. Do I need to mess with trfc values?

Thanks much,
Steve

[Tradesman]

With 4 sticks, you'll probably need to raise both DRAM and CPU/NB voltages...may want to start w/ .05 ea. If any problems give a shout, I'll be in and out through the weekend

[GSKILL TECH]

It should be fine with DRAM Voltage 1.50V, and CPU-NB Voltage 1.15V

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[steve53]

Thank you gentlemen, much appreciated.
I don't know for sure if I will get it done this weekend now or not, I ended up doing a fresh install of Linux on my laptop today instead. I will reply here when I get it done to let you and others know how it goes.

Thanks
Steve

[Tradesman]

Looking forward to another success story

[steve53]

Well, I'm only two weeks late on getting this done, but I did get it done today and it is running great!

After manually setting voltages and timings to DRAM = 1.5V, 7-7-7-21 2T, CPU-NB VID = 1.15, it booted right up to my existing Ubuntu install. I left everything else auto.

Although I haven't had a chance to really work it hard yet, there is a definite improvement over the old 8gb ddr2@800, 790 board and Phenom II 955 c2.

One last question, should I need to worry about trfc on these or just let it go auto?

Thanks again for your help.

Steve

[Tradesman]

Glad to hear all is well, and AUTO for tRFC should be fine