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Old September 5, 2009, 08:24 PM
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A friend is getting a m4a79t deluxe board and was woindering which ram speed to buy, qvl says 1333, I know it will oc but should he get 1600 to put in it or just up the speed of decent 1333 mem. G.skill DDR3 is the mem he is concidering.


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Old September 5, 2009, 10:03 PM
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If your friend is going to OC then 1600 RAM is a good idea as long as the price is right. It just allows one more component to be removed from possible problems on an OC is the way I see it.
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why stop at 1600
gskills 2000 with elpida bbsa is 109$ and 1333 is around 90$
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Old September 6, 2009, 07:54 AM
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noticed allot of this mem is rated for i7 but not amd, is there something there also he should be concidering? Also amount of 6 gig fine? Does triple channel work in amd?

Sorry for all the ?'s dont know that much when it comes to ddr3.
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There's really no difference between DDR3 RAM for i7s and for AMD CPUs. AMD systems don't support triple-channel though, so you'll have to either get a pair of sticks or get a set of three and not use the third/run it in single-channel mode.
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