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Originally Posted by da Beast
beasts diary: Putting this here helps me date things.
P5K Premium died last week. 
I think i shorted out the board while changing monitors back and forth.
so, I upgraded a bit. I think.
New MoBo/CPU and RAM.
ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA1366 DDR3 CrossFireX SLI 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 PCI USB 3.0 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.2GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S
Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB 2X4GB DDR3 1866MHZ PC3-15000 9-11-9-27 1.65V XMP Ready Desktop Memory Kit
Five year warranty on board :cool: |
has been running flawlessly....but is something wrong I wasn't aware of until recently.
Tri channel architecture!!
That PatVip Xtreme RAM is just wrong.
Although it IS compatible...it is not on the QVL (Qualified Vendors List) that accommodates the board. (Doh)
I7 has tri channel architecture that many boards do not possess...Sabertooth x58 does. HOWEVER...1066 is the default setting for single and dual channel ram...I7 cannot achieve higher unless triple channel architecture is used. THEN can be overclocked.
I not looking to OC...but I want to be able to use the stuff I have to the best of it's ability. Triple channel is therefore necessary.
four years ago...
this RAM cost 1200.00/set (12G).
today it's 72 bucks!
I bought two.
**does anyone have a need (or use) for the PatVip Xtreme mentioned? (liquid fast and difficult to OC apparently...speeds are so fast though that overclock won't be necessary.)
I'm sure it will fit in the mail.
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