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[kuzurame Profile]

I currently have the I7 920 with the EVGA standard X58 and I was wondering can I throw an old dual channel ddr3 memory kit onto the board in addition to the triple channel thats on there right now?

[Grav!ty Profile]

If your board will work with either that's fine...check out the Qualified Vendor List for the RAM your board will work with. Both sets of RAM will default to the speed of the slowest.

[kuzurame Profile]

Well I got th memory in (total of 5gb) and booted up and windows is telling me that there is 5 gigs (yay) but it can only use 0.99 gb of it WTF???

[Grav!ty Profile]

Yeah, it's seldom a good idea to mix and match RAM.

[kuzurame Profile]

Well I just pulled out the ram I just put in and it now says 3gbs 0.99 usable. now that plain stumps me

[Grav!ty Profile]

I don't seem to find an EVGA Standard X58 motherboard model. If you give me the exact model number, I'll see what I can find about RAM placement on it.

[yeshuas]

I found this at eVGA

X58 Motherboard Memory Support
DDR3-2000 **
Corsair TR3X6G2000C8GT 2GB
Kingston KHX2000C8D3T1K3/6GX 1GB
Kingston KHX2000C9D3T1K3/6GX 1GB
OCZ Blade OCZ3B2000LV6GK 2GB
OCZ OCZ3N2000SR2GK 1GB
OCZ OCZ3P2000LV6GK 2GB
Winchip GDF2GB18L100C9-6GK 2GB


DDR3-1866 **
Kingston KHX14900D3K3/3GB 1GB
G.SKILL F3-15000CL7T-6GBPS 2GB
OCZ OCZ3P1866C9LV3GK 1GB
STAREX STH200UD0825-1866A 2GB


DDR3-1800 **
Corsair CM3X1024-1800C7DIN 1GB
Kingston KHX14400D3K2/2G 1GB
Kingston KHX1800C9D3K3/3GX 1GB
OCZ OCZ3N1800SR4GK 2GB
OCZ 3P1866C9LV3GK 1GB


DDR3-1600 **
Corsair CM3X1G1600C8D4 1GB
Corsair TR3X3G1600C8D (3x1GB)
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D 2GB
Elixir M2F1G64CB88A4N-DG 1GB
Elixir M2F2G64CB8HA4N-DG 2GB
G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-2GBNQ 1GB
G.SKILL F3-12800CL7D-4GBPI 2GB
Kingston KHX1600C9D3K3/6GX 1GB
Kingston KHX1600C8D3K3/6GX 2GB
Kingston KHX12800D3LLK3/3GX 1GB
Kingston KHX13000D3LLK2/2GX 1GB
OCZ OCZ3X1600LV6GK 2GB
OCZ OCZ3P1600LV6GK 2GB
OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK 2GB
OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK (3x2GB)
Patriot PVT36G1600ELK (3x2GB)
PQI MFADR401PA0102 2GB
SUPER TALENT WB160UX6G8 2GB
SUPER TALENT WB160UX6G9 2GB


DDR3-1333
APOGEE AU2G733-13GH005 1GB
APOGEE AU2G733-13GH005 2GB
Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 2GB
Corsair TR3X3G1333C9 1GB
Crucial Ballistix 1GB
Elixir M2F2G64CB8HA4N-DG 2GB
Elixir M2F1G64CB88A4N-CG 1GB
G.SKILL F3-10600CL7D-2GBPI 1GB
OCZ OCZ3G1333LV6GK 2GB
STAREX STH100UD0815-1333A 1GB
STAREX STH200UD0825-1333A 2GB
Micron MT8JTF12864-1G4D1 1GB
PQI MFACR401PA0101 2GB


DDR3-1066
elixir M2F2G64CB8HA4N-BE 2GB
elixir M2F1G64CB88A4N-BE 1GB
Kingston KVR1066D3N7/512 512
Kingston KVR1066D3N7/1G 1GB
Micron MT8JTF12864-1G1D1 1GB
Micron MT16JTF25664AY-1G1D1 2GB
PQI PQB3648S19R MFABR322LA0106-08B8 1GB


** Overclocking required for greater than 1333 performance.

[NT50 Profile]

If you have triple channel memory already in and you start to throw mixmatch ram, you can actually slow down your triple channel ram. The best thing to do is to not throw uneven sticks of ram in. Taht board was made to run 3 sticks ata a time.