Good day, I've been perusing the forums and I see a lot of help with memory and I have to say thank you GSKILL for being so responsive to your customers. I too have questions about setting up my RAM and while I see a lot of threads with my specific RAM, none match my system specifications and I wanted to make sure that I had the correct information for my system rather than risk damage.
RAM: 4x 4GB G.SKILL Sniper F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR [16 GB total]
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58
PSU: Intel i7-950 3.06ghz Bloomfield
GPU: eVGA GTX 550 ti 2GB
PSU: Seasonic 750W Gold
So here is my scenario:
1) My BIOS reads the memory as 1066 instead of 1866.
2) If I set it just to 1866, the computer runs into pre-POST memory issues causing multiple on/off loops before booting so obviously I cannot simply do this.
3) ASUS has informed me there isn't much I can do [which I do not buy].
Some parameters:
1) I am not looking to overclock the system.
2) I am unfamiliar with what "XMP" is but if so it seems that maybe 1600 is the max for this board per DIMM?
3) This rig is gaming oriented but I do not want to jeopardize any integrity of these parts, I'd rather them run at their optimal settings.
Some questions:
1) Would a custom profile @ 1600 be better and more advantageous than 1866?
2) How can I get at least this above out of the RAM with stability, what parameters would I need?
Please, any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. I haven't built a computer in some years and when I did, I did not have these issues and I am unfamiliar with this level of customization though I am tech-savvy [I just never had to do this before].
Thank you
James
RAM: 4x 4GB G.SKILL Sniper F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR [16 GB total]
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58
PSU: Intel i7-950 3.06ghz Bloomfield
GPU: eVGA GTX 550 ti 2GB
PSU: Seasonic 750W Gold
So here is my scenario:
1) My BIOS reads the memory as 1066 instead of 1866.
2) If I set it just to 1866, the computer runs into pre-POST memory issues causing multiple on/off loops before booting so obviously I cannot simply do this.
3) ASUS has informed me there isn't much I can do [which I do not buy].
Some parameters:
1) I am not looking to overclock the system.
2) I am unfamiliar with what "XMP" is but if so it seems that maybe 1600 is the max for this board per DIMM?
3) This rig is gaming oriented but I do not want to jeopardize any integrity of these parts, I'd rather them run at their optimal settings.
Some questions:
1) Would a custom profile @ 1600 be better and more advantageous than 1866?
2) How can I get at least this above out of the RAM with stability, what parameters would I need?
Please, any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. I haven't built a computer in some years and when I did, I did not have these issues and I am unfamiliar with this level of customization though I am tech-savvy [I just never had to do this before].
Thank you
James
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