whenyournex2me..............I have a I7 965 extreme sitting inside my desk draw alongside a set of Dominator-GT CMT6GX3M3A20008 set of ram. Now I have been waiting to purchase a x58 board like the UD7 but I am waiting for something with the USB 3 and marvel issues to be sorted so I can utlise them without the thought of running a bastardized version. So that is why i was asking for feedback regarding if the ram is ok. I think it will be fine, but I can't find anyone with it. So if you buy it let me know if it is fine. I do know that you won't be able to run it 24/7 at it's rated speed, but to 1600 would be excellent or even @ 1800. So plz let me know :-)
Understood. I have found not too many posts or blogs or articles with any of the new x58 1366 mobo's using Dominator gt memory modules, so that sort of info atm is scarce. I have done some more research, quoted from a senior member on another forum, "2000mhz ram wont run at that speed without huge qpi/vtt voltages and will put alot of heat through the nb, its just not worth it imo, i would try and get 1800 or maybe 1866mhz ram."
SO thinking on this, makes me want to get a waterblock for the motherboard, so I can safely achieve faster speeds for stock performance in memory. I may get the ud7, because there is limited aftermarket parts for the ud5 atm,. Im assuming that the performance kick is at the u3, ud7 and ud9... for the x58 mobo's. Some companies are skipping the middle grade if you will, IDK, Tbh the board is so new that companies seem to maybe not have had enough time to get the ud5 AM parts in production? Idk,
I may get the ud7. But tbh the ud5 is already overkill for me.... I dont want to spend more money that I feel like I have too. The ud5 is my performance and price meeter, and tbh, I still want that board.
I am choosing to go with lower clock speed memory, if I do go with the ud5. prolly 1600 mhz for the ud5, and would go with 2000 with the ud7. But Im continuing to research.