I'm trying to get my PC sorted out as it's a bit of a mess. At present, it has a mish-mash of somewhat incompatible RAM,I am told, which the PC can't utilise properly. I'm also lead to understand that my i7 won't support RAM faster than 1333Mhz but have heard contrary views. I know nothing of these things and cast myself upon your mercy as it appears there are some smart folk here
I'm trying to figure out what can, if any, be retained and what I need to get good performance for video editing (Premiere Pro editing HD video). XMP, over-clocking and so on are a dark art to me, so I seek enlightenment if it's not a massive can of worms.
Currently, it has:
Corsair XMS 3 6Gb kit (3 x 2Gb) CMX6GX3M3A1600C9
Corsair 16Gb (2 x 8Gb) CML 16GX3M2A1600C10 (Apparently, the board can only address 4gb chips? Oddly, Win 7 reported it all)
Advice in simple English much appreciated...imagine you are explaining to Homer Simpson's lightly more savvy brother