TomG628 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi, I just finished my first homebuilt with an Asus P6T MB, an i7-920 2.67 ghz. processor, a Corsair 750W cmpsu-750TX psu, and 12 gig (6X2gig sticks) of PC3, 12800 DDR3, 1600, 8-8-8-24, of a competitor's memory. I have spent the past 4 months troubleshooting after numerous bluescreens and crashes. I also found 2 defective memory sticks and finally got the computer stable with only one good 2-gig stick at 1066 speed instead of 1600 which was causing freezeups. I could not get the computer stable with more than one stick of that memory, and we tried many settings in BIOS. The person who is helping me out a lot on one forums with the memory issues and thinks it is the cause of my problems has Corsair memory and recommended it to me. I would like 12 gig of ram, DDR3, 1600 speed, and after running the memory configure tool found Dominator CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 8-8-8-24 2T. The problem is, in my Asus P6T manual it says only one DIMM of 1600 memory per channel is supported. The last memory I had which caused me all the problems was 6 sticks of 2-gig also. Is it safe to use 6 sticks of 2-gig 1600 in the P6T, or would I be better off with 3 sticks of 4-gig? I know very little about memory and the technical numbers, but I would like the best performance possible since I plan on overclocking the processor. Could someone please recommend the best memory for me? Thanks. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Three sticks of 4 GB. has better OC'ing potential than with all six memory slots populated. Your i7-920 CPU is only guaranteed to run RAM at 1066 MHz. so you may or may not ever reach 1600 MHz. stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomG628 Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 Thanks for the help Trackrat. Can you recommend a 3x4gig kit that will work well in the P6T? I don't understand the numbers or specs that well and only found one 3x4gig kit in the memory configurator for the P6T - CMT12GX3MSA2000C9 which is quite pricey, but if works and performs well that's the most important thing. Is the "2000" to high for my MB? Are there any other compatible 3 x 4gig kits available that you could recommend? Thanks again. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 The CMX12GX3M3A2000C9 may fit your needs? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145326 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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