Hi. I need to get a new set of 8GB (2 x 4gb) ram for my Gigabyte P55A-UD7. I believe I will upgrade in a year or so to the ivy bridge series. I am currently using an I7 860 processor. I want to run some overclocking on the I7.
I figure that for a change I could buy ram that I don't have to throw away when I build the next machine. It appears that the change to DDR4 will not happen until around 2014 so I can reuse the DDR3 ram. Looking at the G.skill site I see that many of the higher speed chips are back to 1.65 volts. I seem to remember that the P55A/i7 860 does not want memory voltage to go above 1.5. I don't know what ivy bridge will use. Right now I have the red ripjaws 1.5 volt sticks in my P55A. I have a large heat exchanger and they fit fine.
Looking through the G.skill site I am not understanding the nuances between the sticks with differing letter suffixes so I am even more concerned about making a bad choice.
I would like to get high performance ram that will make an ivy bridge system very happy if I can do it at this time. I also noted on the G.skill site that some of the ram is now rated for XMP which I believe is what ivy bridge will want for best performance.
Can someone recommend what I should get to satisfy these plans?
I figure that for a change I could buy ram that I don't have to throw away when I build the next machine. It appears that the change to DDR4 will not happen until around 2014 so I can reuse the DDR3 ram. Looking at the G.skill site I see that many of the higher speed chips are back to 1.65 volts. I seem to remember that the P55A/i7 860 does not want memory voltage to go above 1.5. I don't know what ivy bridge will use. Right now I have the red ripjaws 1.5 volt sticks in my P55A. I have a large heat exchanger and they fit fine.
Looking through the G.skill site I am not understanding the nuances between the sticks with differing letter suffixes so I am even more concerned about making a bad choice.
I would like to get high performance ram that will make an ivy bridge system very happy if I can do it at this time. I also noted on the G.skill site that some of the ram is now rated for XMP which I believe is what ivy bridge will want for best performance.
Can someone recommend what I should get to satisfy these plans?
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