dopefishlives Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'm looking at the Vengeance Low Profile kits for a total of 16GB for my Asus board, M4A79XTD-Evo. I'm looking at 2 kits of CML8GX3M2A1600C9 for a total of 16GB (4GBx4) I know my board is getting a bit long in the tooth, so i'm just wondering if there's anything I should be aware of, limitations or compatibility, before I pull the trigger so to speak or if anyone has any experiences using this much ram on the same board. I know the memory will probably have to downclock to 1333 or 1066 and that's fine, my current memory (2gbx4) is at 1333 anyways. Thanks for any input or suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Sidenote: Don't get two kits that aren't guaranteed to be compatible, get ONE kit, e.g. CML16GX3M4A1600C9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopefishlives Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 thank you, i missed that 4x4 kit, that should work i hope. anything else i should know? also stupid question: is there any technical difference between the black, white, and blue models of the vengeance-lp memory other than the color of the heat spreader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 IIRC the white ones run at 1.35v versus the standard 1.5v. Check the website to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 7, 2012 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 7, 2012 But when using them on an AMD system I would expect to have to run the memory Voltage at 1.5 or 1.6 Volts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopefishlives Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 thanks ram guy, my current memory is already running at 1.8 (since im using four 2gb sticks, before two sticks ran at 1.63-1.65) so i was expecting the corsair kits to do the same (and my motherboard takes care of the voltage settings automatically) and i've never had any problems in that regard. anyways, i ordered the CML16GX3M4A1600C9 kit. definitely looking forward to it and i'll report back hopefully great news that everything's running smoothly after its installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopefishlives Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 I am happy to report the kit I ordered (vengeance-LP black 4x4) works great in my system. I had no installation problems, and my motherboard detected it and set up everything automatically and correctly. Windows sees all 16GB. I've been using my PC all day and played games for a couple hours and watched a movie, no errors, no crashes, everything is great so far. One final question if I may, should I still run memtest even though I have not experienced any crashes, hangs, etc.? Thanks again for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 One final question if I may, should I still run memtest even though I have not experienced any crashes, hangs, etc.? Thanks again for all your help. Since everything is running smooth, it's entirely up to you. If you want the peace of mind from running memtest, go for it. Otherwise it's not necessary unless you are having problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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