| Windows 7: Need professional advice on these products |
23 Aug 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
As far as I know, the ram you listed are both good brands. I do not know about the motherboard. You should also check Asus web site for the QVL list to make sure the ram is compatible. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
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23 Aug 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 England |
Seems good to me! As essenbe said, check if that RAM is compatible with the motherboard. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Phenom II x4 840 Black Edition Motherboard Forgot Memory 8 Gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5570 2 Gb DDR3 Sound Card AMD High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays Emprex 21 Inch Screen Resolution 1280 x 720 Keyboard Cyborg V.1 Mouse Fuhlen Multi Button Gaming Mouse PSU 600w Custom Case Custom Cooling Multiple Blue LED Fans Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB,
Unknown 160 gb and 1 TB Hitachi External Hard Drive Internet Speed 20 Mb Other Info I own other computers, such as my HP Mini 110 and some of my older computers! |
23 Aug 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 Danbury, CT |
The QVL (qualified vendors list) is here: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download P5G41C-M LX
It doesn't list any DDR3-1333 memory, though. That doesn't mean that it's incompatible; Asus may simply have not tested it.
Is there any reason you're looking at a motherboard with two DDR2 slots and two DDR3 slots? I hope that you're aware that you can't use DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time. In effect, you'll have two memory slots. (On the other hand, if you want a microATX board like the one you've listed, most of the Socket 775 ones seem to have only two DIMM slots. www.newegg.com lists a few full ATX boards with 4 slots, but Newegg doesn't ship to South Africa.) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number homegrown OS Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 CPU Intel Core I7-3930k Motherboard Asus P9X79 Pro Memory 16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133 Graphics Card eVGA GTX680 Sound Card Creative X-Fi Titanium Monitor(s) Displays As PA246Q Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200 Keyboard cheap Logitech USB Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB PSU PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire Case Silverstone FT02 Cooling Noctua NH-D14 Hard Drives Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
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Samsung SH-203B
Monsoon 5.1 speakers |
24 Aug 2011
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#5 | | Window 7 Ultimate 32bit South Africa |

Quote: Originally Posted by bobkn The QVL (qualified vendors list) is here: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download P5G41C-M LX
It doesn't list any DDR3-1333 memory, though. That doesn't mean that it's incompatible; Asus may simply have not tested it.
Is there any reason you're looking at a motherboard with two DDR2 slots and two DDR3 slots? I hope that you're aware that you can't use DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time. In effect, you'll have two memory slots. (On the other hand, if you want a microATX board like the one you've listed, most of the Socket 775 ones seem to have only two DIMM slots. www.newegg.com lists a few full ATX boards with 4 slots, but Newegg doesn't ship to South Africa.) I have a board it only takes DDR2 and that ram is so exspensive I might as well buy a new board and faster RAM.....Memory Graphics
DDR3-1333 | DDR3-1066 | DDR2-1066 | DDR2-800 | DDR2-667 PCI Express | PCI | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gigabyte OS Window 7 Ultimate 32bit CPU Intel core 2 duo @ 2.40 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte Memory Hynix 2X1GB Graphics Card The Club 3D GTS250 256bit Sound Card laptech Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1440X900 Keyboard Acer Mouse Logitech PSU Coolermaster GX 650 Case Acer Cooling 2 80mm fans Hard Drives Seagate 350gig
Seagate 250gig Internet Speed 54kb/s |
24 Aug 2011
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#6 | | Window 7 Ultimate 32bit South Africa |
I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gigabyte OS Window 7 Ultimate 32bit CPU Intel core 2 duo @ 2.40 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte Memory Hynix 2X1GB Graphics Card The Club 3D GTS250 256bit Sound Card laptech Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1440X900 Keyboard Acer Mouse Logitech PSU Coolermaster GX 650 Case Acer Cooling 2 80mm fans Hard Drives Seagate 350gig
Seagate 250gig Internet Speed 54kb/s |
24 Aug 2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
I agree with Bobkn regarding a dual type mother board. You'd have a better system if you got a LGA775 board with 4 DDR3 slots, and that type RAM is getting very low priced.
Check the FSB (Front side bus) spec on your CPU to see the max speed of RAM it will support. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
24 Aug 2011
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#8 | | Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Australia all over |

Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so?
Windows 32 bit of any variety XP/7 or whatever will only see 2gb...if you want to run 4gb you will need a 64 bit OS for it to be seen/utilised.
If you are buying a board that runs DDR2 and DDR3 you can only use one or the other not both. Both Corsair and Mushkin have good quality Ram tho personally I think Mushkin is the pick of the 2 and normally can be well and truly overclocked. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number home built OS Windows 7 Professional 64 bit CPU 930 i7 quad O/C 4ghz Motherboard Asus P6X58D premium Memory G Skill 3x2gb O/C to 1603mhz 1T timing Graphics Card EVGA 570 Sound Card creative titanium Monitor(s) Displays samsung s23a950d..120hz 3D Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Razor arcosa Mouse Razer Diamondback PSU Antec Quattro 1000 watt Case Xigmatek Elysium Cooling Custom Loop..Kryos block.360rad..BP comp fittings etc Hard Drives Western Digital 3X150 Velocoraptors in Raid 5 Internet Speed Wireless so w/e I get at the time |
24 Aug 2011
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Norfolk, VA |

Quote: Originally Posted by simmo 
Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so? Windows 32 bit of any variety XP/7 or whatever will only see 2gb...if you want to run 4gb you will need a 64 bit OS for it to be seen/utilised.
If you are buying a board that runs DDR2 and DDR3 you can only use one or the other not both. Both Corsair and Mushkin have good quality Ram tho personally I think Mushkin is the pick of the 2 and normally can be well and truly overclocked.  Are you stating a fact? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HAL-9000 OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit CPU Intel i7 3770K Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77 Memory 16GB DDR3 1333 Corsair XMS3 Graphics Card XFX HD6950 2GB EyeFinity Sound Card Logitech G35 & Sennheiser PC135 & VIA HD Monitor(s) Displays 23" HP 2310e, 23" Samsung B2230, 21.5" Viewsonic Screen Resolution 5760x1080 Keyboard Logitech G15 and G13 Mouse Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse PSU Antec True Power New 650watt Case Cooler Master HAF-932 Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler, 3x 230mm Fans, 2x120mm Fan Hard Drives 16TB of Storage
128GB & 256GB Crucial M4 SSD's, 2X 1TB WD Black, 3x 2TB WD, 3x 2TB Samsung F4, 1.5TB Seagate, WD 500GB, Internet Speed 50/10 Mbit Other Info Speakers : Alesis M1 Active Mk2 Studio Monitors , APC RS 1200 UPS, HP 4500DN Color Laser, HP P1006 mono Laser, Kodak 8500 Dye-Sub, Epson 1280 inkjet, Epson Worforce 610 MFC |
24 Aug 2011
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#10 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |

Quote: Originally Posted by Zepher 
Quote: Originally Posted by simmo 
Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so? Windows 32 bit of any variety XP/7 or whatever will only see 2gb...if you want to run 4gb you will need a 64 bit OS for it to be seen/utilised.
If you are buying a board that runs DDR2 and DDR3 you can only use one or the other not both. Both Corsair and Mushkin have good quality Ram tho personally I think Mushkin is the pick of the 2 and normally can be well and truly overclocked.  Are you stating a fact? It's been my experience that a 32-bit system loaded with 4GB RAM will see about 3.25GB. This behavior is due to something called memory mapped IO reservations. Those reservations overlay the physical address space and mask out those physical addresses so that they cannot be used for working memory. This is independent of the OS running on the machine.
The highest address accessible in a 32-bit system is 2 raised to the 32nd power which equals 4GB. But of those 4GB's the system will reserve a portion of the memory for the BIOS, PCI bus, PCI express, etc. And that usually amounts to roughly 512MB - 1GB (plus or minus a few hundred MB) depending on the specific system. Memory Limits for Windows Releases (Windows) | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz Memory 8GB DDR3 Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 Sound Card IDT High Definition Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED Screen Resolution 1280x800 Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm Antivirus MSE Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup Need professional advice on these products problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:08 PM. | |