Memory for GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9

[Devran]

On GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9's support list, it states that it supports GSkill's F3-12800CL7D-4GBECO, meaning that it can support up to 12gb ram with 3 of this kit. Here's the newegg link for the product.

However GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 is a motherboard which supports x58. GSkill states that their product is designed for intel P55, and all the motherboard in their qualified motherboards list are designed for intel p55 (Check the link).

Now who should I trust? Gigabyte or Gskill? I need help

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I am afraid none of your links are working(it's just down to the way you've copied them into the text) I would say that you are safe if you stick to either company's QVL. However if you are at all uncertain why not pick a different memory that will definitely work. I am running the Corsair Dominator 1600s and they work perfectly.

[Devran]

fixed the links

[Dark Mantis]

I think where you are getting confused is that although the memory modules are compatible the kits you have been looking at are for Dual Channel not Triple Channel.(just checked you last link) You will need triple channel memory kits for this motherboard.

[Devran]

so can't I buy 3 of those double kits and use in tripple channel. the list :http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-x58a-ud9.pdf states that the mobo supports 6pieces of F3-12800CL7D-4GBECO

[Dark Mantis]

No that wouldn't be a good idea at all   If possible buy one kit for the 6 modules but I know they are few and far between so the next best option is to get two Three Channel kits and make sure that you mark them as you take them out of the container so you can tell which kit is which in the future because they all look the same

[Devran]

how about this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231354&Tpk=F3-12800CL6T2-12GBPIS

[Dark Mantis]

Yes, from the specs looks perfect. I haven't checked the QVL though so I would just make sure that GSkill has the motherboard listed but to be honest I cant see a problem.

[Devran]

since gskill lists gigabyte's GA-EX58-UD5 and GA-EX58-EXTREME, I believe it would work with UD9 too ?

[Dark Mantis]

It does list it as X58 compatible which "should" mean it is fine. Have you checked the Gigabyte QVL? Failing that an email to GSkill should confirm the situation. 

[1Day]

I use Geil EVO TWO ram (GET24GB2000C6DC) on my UD9 motherboard.

And is a  Dual Channel kit.  So what I did was buy to sets and have a spare stick of ram just in case. And you can never have too much ram now can you?

Ram works fine with no problems and clocks well.

[Dark Mantis]

I use Geil EVO TWO ram (GET24GB2000C6DC) on my UD9 motherboard.

And is a  Dual Channel kit.  So what I did was buy to sets and have a spare stick of ram just in case. And you can never have too much ram now can you?

Ram works fine with no problems and clocks well.

You are lucky that it works well together(I take it that you are running in Triple Channel mode?) as they are not certified to and you took a bit of a chance.

[Lsdmeasap]

Ya you can use P55/Dual Channel memory on X58.   You just have to keep in mind if you use more than one kit you may not, and probably not, reach the specified timings or speeds of one single kit when ran as dual channel.

Same applies with X58/Triple channel memory, it can be used in dual channel on a P55 setup as well, and in dual channel this way would likely you get better than the rated specs of the kit in dual channel than you would as rated for in triple channel.

[1Day]

I use Geil EVO TWO ram (GET24GB2000C6DC) on my UD9 motherboard.

And is a  Dual Channel kit.  So what I did was buy to sets and have a spare stick of ram just in case. And you can never have too much ram now can you?

Ram works fine with no problems and clocks well.

You are lucky that it works well together(I take it that you are running in Triple Channel mode?) as they are not certified to and you took a bit of a chance.

Actually I hardly ever buy tri channel ram for my motherboards - I bench quite a lot and it servers me better to buy dual kits or single sticks depending on what the vendors are selling.

To date I have no had any problems with high end ram and the UD9 - or actually any of the Gigabyte Intel boards that I use. So no there was no luck involved. 

Please keep in mind that there is a very small set of memory manufacture factories. Not talking about the vendors that sell it but the lads who actually make it. So as a rule of thumb if a Hyper chip is on the list from another Vendor then all Hyper chips should be fine. Same goes for the other factories too - if you see some of the products on the list that have there chips then they all should work fine.

[Dark Mantis]

Please keep in mind that there is a very small set of memory manufacture factories. Not talking about the vendors that sell it but the lads who actually make it. So as a rule of thumb if a Hyper chip is on the list from another Vendor then all Hyper chips should be fine. Same goes for the other factories too - if you see some of the products on the list that have there chips then they all should work fine.

A bit of a simplistic way of looking at it. There is more to a module than a memory chip and that is what sets some apart from others otherwise they would all be the same. Within certain standards there is a difference in how the SPDs are programmed and the specific quality of the manufacture. There is also the cooling of the modules, some designs are much better than others. The fact that there is only a small number of fabricating plants is not relevant. Besides you obviously know how to set up your memory whereas a lot of people on here have trouble getting standard sticks to run.