GA-MA770-UUD3 Rev 2.0 - Increase of memory size.

[yankki]

Hi everyone!

I just want to ask about my motherboard and possibilities to increase memory size.
Now I have 2x2gb Hynix 800 MHz memory (HYMP125U64CP8 - S6 AB) . But it's quite little for me. I'm considering next 2 memory sticks but with 4gb (2x4gb).
And that is my question - is it good choice to put 2sticks with 4gb memory?
And if yes - can I install memory with another frequency than earlier? for example 1066 MHz?

It would be very helpful for me.

Thank you!

[Manxminx]

Hia, welcome to the forums  

Gigabyte has a qualified memory list for your mother board at http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-ma770-ud3_v.2.0.pdf

The list shows the memory sticks that are guaranteed to work with your motherboard.

Looking at that list, I see that you could use, for example,  2 sticks of 2GB CORSAIR CM2X2048-8500C5D which run at 1066 MHz.

Obviously there are plenty of memory modules which aren't on that list.

Personally, if I were you, I'd buy another couple of sticks of what you already have to make it up to 8Gb. Of course the big question there is what is your operating system? 32 bit OS's only support a max of around 3.5Gb memory, so it's pointless having more than 4Gb of RAM. So unless you have a 64 bit operating system, you're stuck with 4Gb.

If you do buy new memory sticks (especially if second hand) make sure you test them immediately after installation using Memtest86 http://www.memtest86.com/ Before you boot into your operating System.

Ali.

[yankki]

Thank you for answer!

Yes, of course I have 64bit OS.
And what do you think about idea 2x2gb and 2x4gb (total12gb). Because my needs are over 8gb ...
Should it be ok?

Maciej.

[Manxminx]

There's no reason why you can't go 2x2gb + 2x4gb.  But try and get the same spec and speed for all four and junk your Hypex. AFAIK mixing speeds and especially latencies isn't a good idea, and might not work. Personally I wouldn't risk it, especially with basic Hypex 800MHz RAM.

Just out of interest, why do you need so much RAM?

Ali.