Which ram is my best option?

ajm · 24 Mar 2015 at 16:41

I have been given a GA-H55-UD3H rev 1.0

I only have an i3 cpu for this, what is the best/fastest memory option I can use with this board?

Looking for 2 x 4gb

Nevakonaza · 24 Mar 2015 at 17:15

Id go with something from G.SKILL..the ripjaws series.

I've been using the same G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz CL7 ram in about 5 diffrent system and each time they have just worked with no incompatibility issues regardless of board,MSI,Asus,Gigabyte etc.

horrorwood · 24 Mar 2015 at 20:20

RAM speed really does not make much of a difference for most things (as in less than 1% speed difference)

However I would recommend this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-205-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Totally much faster than required but you can run it at 1600mhz if needed with no problem.

I am recommending it because its actually about £2 more than 1600mhz stuff and comes with lifetime warranty from a large company.

ajm · 25 Mar 2015 at 16:09

How would I run it at 1600mhz?
Also with my model of not being in the compatibility list might I have problems?

horrorwood · 26 Mar 2015 at 18:05

ajm said:
How would I run it at 1600mhz?
Also with my model of not being in the compatibility list might I have problems?

Just set it to 1600mhz in the bios. The ram will have timing settings for 1600mhz which the bios will use.

Do not worry about the compatibilty list, there are hardly ever that many kits of RAM on them.

ajm · 29 Mar 2015 at 09:16

Is 1600mhz the fastest memory I can use without having to adjust anything in the bios? Just looked on the motherboard website and it shows ...

3.Support for DDR3 2200+/1800/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules

This is confusing me. Can anyone clarify what this means?

ajm · 1 Apr 2015 at 15:29

Anyone??

stulid · 1 Apr 2015 at 15:35

Yes 1600Mhz.

It says on the specs of the board if using an i3 1666Mhz is the max.

ajm · 1 Apr 2015 at 15:51

Ok thanks for clarifying that for me stulid

Would this work ok with my motherboard and cpu?

stulid · 1 Apr 2015 at 15:55

Too much money, you can get 2400MHz RAM for that.

Here is a cheaper 1600 set - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2423

The other thing is you could get a 2400Mhz kit and it will run at a slower speed (1333) anyway out of the box.

ajm · 1 Apr 2015 at 16:01

Ok thanks again, but would that have worked if I had gone with it?

stulid · 1 Apr 2015 at 16:02

The 1600Mhz Corsair? or a 2400Mhz kit?

ajm · 1 Apr 2015 at 16:16

Sorry, the 1600mhz Corsair that I linked to

stulid · 1 Apr 2015 at 16:48

That will work.

ajm · 1 Apr 2015 at 16:52

Thanks again stulid your help is much appreciated