Do I need to change this.

[misfit]

Hello ROG world

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

The specs to my new machine (still in the shop):

R4E

Intel Core i7-3970X 3.50GHz

Thermaltake 2.0 extreme

2x Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB

MSI GTX 690

Dell UltraSharp U2711 2560 x 1440 Resolution

2x Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 C10 1866MHz XMP Quad Channel Kit CMZ32GX3M4X1866C10

As a bit of background this build was originally with the sabertooth mb but due to an issue with a cooler
(which I wont name here but some will surely guess), my supplier kindly agreed to swap cooler and mb
(which entailed a new case as well). So I am a little reluctant to give them any more grief as to date they
have given A1 customer support.

My problem is on reading Arne's excellent guide to ram, on this forum (wish I found it earlier), that the ram I have ordered is probably not the right one on two counts at least:

1) Its 2 kits. I was unaware of this binning scenario and kits of 8x8 were not on suppliers lists (I am not sure if the supplier should have worked this out).

2) R4E and vengence dont get on apparently.


Originally this ram was for sabertooth but on using corsairs ram finder this ram is on the list so I didn't change it.
Now I read this post and need some advice. Initially I don't intend to oc this rig (but who knows the more speed you get the more you want) but I do want full speed on components I have, especially the ram.

As you can tell I am trying to drag myself into the 21st century here so any advice as to settings, bios revisions or the need to change the ram would be great. As I have said the rig is still in shop and I don't know what bios etc. it has. I am trying to be prepared here as I am not sure if the supplier will do any more updates as the last one didn't go well.

I also need a better understanding of what frequency I should be running with 64gb. Should I use XMP or not.

Thanks for being here.
misfit

[Chino]

This was the only kit I could find that's in your price range.

64GB-Kit G.Skill RipJawsZ C3-12800U CL10-10-10-30 (DDR3-1600) - £291.47

[misfit]

Thanks Chino your a star.
Is 1600 as high as I want to go.
I may borrow some money if necessary to get the right ram C4d will take everything I throw at and still want more.

[HalloweenWeed]

PPl are having a lot of trouble trying to get 8 sticks of RAM to rated speeds on the RIVE (and possibly other X79 systems?). It really boils down to luck-of-the-draw W/CPUs, and the faster, the harder or less likely. GL.

[misfit]

This forum is the best I have been on thanks guys.

Think I will point the seller to this thread see what he has to say.

[Chino]

misfit wrote:
Thanks Chino your a star.
Is 1600 as high as I want to go.
I may borrow some money if necessary to get the right ram C4d will take everything I throw at and still want more.

You'll always benefit from faster RAM if you're using memory intensive programs. But how fast is fast? Well, I remember reading a review not so long ago that suggested that the sweet spot from a price/performance perspective seems to be around 1866mhz - 2133Mhz. There's a similar kit to the one I linked earlier. It runs at 2133Mhz but costos around £500.