pauldc Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Hi About to bulid a new system with a asus Asus P7P55D Deluxe mb for a new i7 cpu. Was going to buy theres ram sticks "Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9" But in the manuel it says the following "Due to Intel spec definition, X. M. P. and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only" What does this mean? do i only get one channel insted of duel channel or is it something else any help on this would be great Thanks Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 That means it only supports 2 sticks (dual channel mode) at 1600 MHz. As long as the part number is listed here under "Dual Channel DDR3 Memory for Intel Core i7 8xx series processors", you'll be fine. http://www.corsair.com/products/corei7/default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldc Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Ah now i see so maybe it might be better for me to buy ram that runs at 1333MHz and doesnt support xmp meaning if i need to upgrade to more ram later on i wont lose the first two i already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 keep in mind the CPU will only support 1066 ram without overclocking (XMP) anyway. ram should be bought once. mixing ram is not supported. better to buy all you need now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillG Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 That means it only supports 2 sticks (dual channel mode) at 1600 MHz. As long as the part number is listed here under "Dual Channel DDR3 Memory for Intel Core i7 8xx series processors", you'll be fine. http://www.corsair.com/products/corei7/default.aspx The cited URL lists CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 for the i7-8xx processor. Are you saying that these four sticks will work at their rated 1600 MHZ, CL8, on a ASUS P7P55D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 You'd have to OC your rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Assuming your CPU is up to the task, yes, that kit works great at 1600+ on the ASUS P7P55 series boards. MEMORY VALIDATION LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.