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« on: March 07, 2012, 01:50:27 am »
HI

I want to Upgrade my Ram because the 8GB i currently have aren't enough.

I have this 16GB Kit in mind. http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=335

My Components:
Mainbord: EX58-UD5
CPU: i7 975
Win: Win7 Professional

Can this work?
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2012, 11:42:32 am »
Hi and welcome.

The main problem you face there is that the motherboard you have is a triple channel memory architecture but the memory kit you linked to is not. That doesn't mean that you cannot use this kit but at best you are not going to be using the board to it's full potential. I would suggest looking for a triple channel kit like the Corsair Dominators.
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Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 12:13:40 pm »
So i should go with 3 * 4GB = 12GB or 6 * 4GB = 24GB.

Is there another thing i should keep in mind?
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 08:14:16 pm »
Yes that's correct. Make sure that you purchase them as a matched kit though. Check on the memory manufacturer's website for their QVL which will list all the compatible memory for the motherboard.
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Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 10:04:40 pm »
THX for you help.
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