16Gb kit on an x58 board? - Page 2

Fortigurn · 26th August 2012, 6:45 PM

I've been running 6x2GB on X58 for about two years. No hassles.

iSTELTHYi · 26th August 2012, 6:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Modafroman

*shrugs*

I had no end to troubles running 6x2gb sticks. Things like only half the ram showing up as unusable, mass instability etc etc.... lots of tweaking in the bios to get everything running correctly (voltages/timings, mainly the vdimm and qpi/vdimm ratios).... and even then I still feel it wasn't as stable as it should be. Plus x58 was never designed to run all 6 slots at 1600mhz+ speeds.

Now i've swapped to 3x4gb sticks and it runs perfectly.

ymmv

Must just be your mobo. I've had all 6 slots filled for over a year. Always boots fine, always reads the same/all the ram shows.

PC has always ran perfectly

(this is with 6x 4gb sticks @ 1333)

Modafroman · 26th August 2012, 8:49 PM

Probably. I was trying to run them at 1600mhz, but even running them at 1333mhz I would still get memory not showing up.

No big deal, its fixed now that i've got 4gb sticks.

ChaosMaster · 4th September 2012, 7:22 PM

I've been running 6x2GB on an Asus board (see Sig), never had a problem, and I do use quite a bit of RAM (at times, up to 50 RAW images open using ~10GB). No problems with OC either, running stable at 1800C8 even though they are rated at 1600C9.

26th August 2012, 8:49 PM	#18
Modafroman Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,052	Probably. I was trying to run them at 1600mhz, but even running them at 1333mhz I would still get memory not showing up. No big deal, its fixed now that i've got 4gb sticks. __________________ Audio: Westone 3 \| Hifiman HE-400 \| Matrix M-Stage Amp \| AT AD700 \| Photo: 5D Mk3 \| X100S \| 17-40mm/24-105mm/70-200mm f4L \| Σ 50mm f1.4 \| \o/CHAIR RAVER \o/ PC: i7 920@3.85Ghz \| Asus P6T-D \| 12GB Gskill \| Asus GTX680 DC2 \| Corsair H70+2xGTs \| OCZ Vertex 3 120GB \| 8TB HDDs \| Creative X-Fi Ti HD \| Fractal Design Define XL \| Corsair HX1000 \| Dell U2711+U2311 \|

4th September 2012, 7:22 PM	#19
ChaosMaster Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vic, 3175 Posts: 1,219	I've been running 6x2GB on an Asus board (see Sig), never had a problem, and I do use quite a bit of RAM (at times, up to 50 RAW images open using ~10GB). No problems with OC either, running stable at 1800C8 even though they are rated at 1600C9. __________________ 1. Lian LI A71FB \| Asus P6X58D Premium \| i7-930 @ 3.99 1.2v \| Corsair H50 \| Corsair XMS 3x2GB DDR3 1800 C8 1.66v \| Gigabyte GTX570 \| OCZ V2 120GB + 5x 1TB WD Black+ 2x 7K3000 + 1.5TB + 750GB\| QFAN 750w \| Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe \| Sennheiser HD555 \| G9 + Topre RealForce + G35 \| Check out my FLICKR

26th August 2012, 6:45 PM	#16
Fortigurn Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: taipei.tw Posts: 11,959	I've been running 6x2GB on X58 for about two years. No hassles.