Looking to buy memory for my Gigabyte X38-DQ6 board. I'm currently using 4GB of G.Skill F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI memory with no issues on this board.
At some point I am going to upgrade to an LGA-1155 board, and want the memory I get now to be compatible. I'm looking at two sets of memory, one 9-9-9-24 and on 7-8-7-24, but I'm having trouble seeing the differences between them, other than the targeted chipset. Can someone help me out?
9-9-9-24:
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL: Seems like the older model; will it work with the P67 chipset?
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL: Designed for Sandy Bridge, but will it be compatible with my older board?
7-8-7-24:
F3-12800CL7Q-16GBXH: Designed for Sandy Bridge, but just memory
F3-12800CL7Q-16GBTDD: Designed for older P55 chipset, but includes a fan. Is also $150+ more expensive
I believe that the compatibility list of motherboards is based on "guaranteed to work on these motherboards" vs. "we haven't tested the others to guarantee them", and there's a wide variety of boards that G.Skill will work fine on, at worst case scenario with a little fiddling in the BIOS.
So which do I choose from each category?
Thanks in advance!
James
At some point I am going to upgrade to an LGA-1155 board, and want the memory I get now to be compatible. I'm looking at two sets of memory, one 9-9-9-24 and on 7-8-7-24, but I'm having trouble seeing the differences between them, other than the targeted chipset. Can someone help me out?
9-9-9-24:
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL: Seems like the older model; will it work with the P67 chipset?
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL: Designed for Sandy Bridge, but will it be compatible with my older board?
7-8-7-24:
F3-12800CL7Q-16GBXH: Designed for Sandy Bridge, but just memory
F3-12800CL7Q-16GBTDD: Designed for older P55 chipset, but includes a fan. Is also $150+ more expensive
I believe that the compatibility list of motherboards is based on "guaranteed to work on these motherboards" vs. "we haven't tested the others to guarantee them", and there's a wide variety of boards that G.Skill will work fine on, at worst case scenario with a little fiddling in the BIOS.
So which do I choose from each category?
Thanks in advance!
James
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