What RAM to get?

**thingie2** · #1 08-05-2008, 09:40 PM

Well I'm getting the XFX 780i motherboard and I am thinking about this RAM, and getting another set when I get a OS that supports it. However after looking at the corsair forums, it seems people have problems with using all 4 RAM bays, they needed to underclock the memory to get it to work. So here are my questions:

Does this have to be done to work?
If so, how much does the RAM need to be underclocked by?
How would I go about doing this?
Are there any ways of overcoming this?
Are there any 4GB RAM modules available so I can stick to just the two RAM bays?

Thanks

**Dave Hybrid** · #2 08-05-2008, 09:53 PM

On a side note are you planning on running a 64Bit OS? Because you will need to.

**thingie2** · #3 08-05-2008, 10:01 PM

not at first (can't afford it) but I will be when I can afford it, I ment to says that in the post, but maybe it wasn't clear enough, sorry.

**SocialWarfare** · #4 08-05-2008, 10:39 PM

That RAM is 2x2 which will only be using 2 slots!
People have trouble when they are using 4x1's filling all RAM slots
2x2=4 is plenty

**thingie2** · #5 08-05-2008, 10:49 PM

even for Vista 64?

**SocialWarfare** · #6 08-05-2008, 10:51 PM

**thingie2** · #7 08-05-2008, 10:59 PM

Hmm, I might stick with that then, and if for some strange reason I feel I need more, I can alwasy get more, but won't be for a while, so it'll get cheaper and might even get other stuff upgraded by then.

**Carbon** · #8 08-05-2008, 10:59 PM

As a general rule 64 isn't worth it unless you're running 6GB or over. But it's your call..

**thingie2** · #9 08-05-2008, 11:05 PM

Hmm, well i was going to get this 4GB, then I have my GFX card (another 768MB (I think this is included in the limit)) and possibly got 8GB afterwards to make sure of good performace, because I was thinking 2GB might be too little for Vista, and any more and I need 64 bit.

**SocialWarfare** · #10 08-05-2008, 11:10 PM

Lol I am running mine on 1gig shared with onboard GPU and I have about 300-400 left at all times!
I am planning on putting another gig into it, but only for gaming

**alex** · #11 09-05-2008, 06:08 AM

You'll have around 16gb/s bandwidth with that ram.

I don't, personally, know of any application that requires near that amount of bandwidth. You're not going to need any more than 4gb of 1066mhz ram, even after mapping for the gpu and i/o.