Greeny173 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I presently have 6GB of Corsair XMS3 (3x2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Part #TR3X6G1600C9. What additional 16GB memory in XMS3 should I be looking for to put in my computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny173 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 I apologize. What the subject line should have said is "What Additional Memory Would be Compatible"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny173 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Took a leap of faith and purchased Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory 1.5V (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10). I have someone doing some other work on my desktop so I had to make a buy pretty quickly. Any opinions anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 You need a triple channel kit for that MB/CPU series. You are looking for something like 3x6GB 1600 MHz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny173 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Have any specific recommendations? I could even pull out the memory sticks I have in my system and start from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) You must pull out your existing sticks and start from scratch. Trying to get current stock DDR3 to mesh with older versions would be challenging, but also a problem because of the amount you need and the inevitable different size modules. I have not looked at DDR3 in 8 years and don’t have a finger on what prices should be or current availability. However, there isn’t going to be a lot of triple channel stuff out there and I don’t think we have seen this since those 920/930/...980 days. If it’s triple channel 3 x (_)GB it should work on that board. I do remember there is no reason to look past 1600MHz for that MB. Edited December 28, 2020 by c-attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny173 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Well I have decided to not expand to 24GB as I would have liked, and instead purchased off of EBay the same brand new XMS3 pack TR3x6G1600C9 as I have in there now. That will bring me to 12GB which will do for now. In the next year or two, I will update the motherboard and processor and new DDR4 memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny173 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Well my new memory has arrived and being rather a noob about adding memory I consulted EVGA about the slots to add the additional 6GB (3x2).. Their recommendation is if using 3 or less modules, put them in slots 1,3, and 5. If using 4 or more modules, put them in slots 2,1,4 and 3 first, then 5 and 6 in that order. Does this sound correct to all of you more experienced than I members on this X58 SLI LE board? Edited December 30, 2020 by Greeny173 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbrookged Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Is there a limit to the amount of RAM you can add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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