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    GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P and 16GB - Issues?

    I'm building a system for a friend and he wants memory maxxed out at 16GB running Vista 64 Home Premium as he does a lot of video stuff. I'm looking at using the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P, Intel Q9550 (hopefully able to O/C past 3.0), and the OCZ 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad kit (all from Newegg). Any problem with 16GB if I only O/C the CPU a bit? Any special settings?

    Thanks!
    Antec 900 Full Tower w/Antec TruePower 850W
    Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 w/Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge running at 3.8GHz
    Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB DDR3
    Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB SATA 3
    Gigabyte GV-R587UD-1GD Radeon HD 5870
    LITE-ON Black 24X DVD
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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    Re: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P and 16GB - Issues?

    I would suggest against 16GB of OCZ, many users are having issues with 8GB. And yes, MANY Settings will need to be manually set for 16GB, All of them likely. Which is alot.

    Auto for settings will not work very well with anything above 2x1GB

    Post back if you need help when you get going. I would suggest Mushkin If you plan to do 16GB, it is the only brand I have seen do 8GB stable easily.

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      Re: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P and 16GB - Issues?

      Originally posted by Lsdmeasap View Post
      I would suggest against 16GB of OCZ, many users are having issues with 8GB. And yes, MANY Settings will need to be manually set for 16GB, All of them likely. Which is alot.

      Auto for settings will not work very well with anything above 2x1GB

      Post back if you need help when you get going. I would suggest Mushkin If you plan to do 16GB, it is the only brand I have seen do 8GB stable easily.
      Thanks, I'm going to try and talk him into 8GB of Mushkin. I don't even see a 4GB module of fast DDR2 on the Mushkin list. I'll get back if we move forward.
      Antec 900 Full Tower w/Antec TruePower 850W
      Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 w/Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge running at 3.8GHz
      Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB DDR3
      Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB SATA 3
      Gigabyte GV-R587UD-1GD Radeon HD 5870
      LITE-ON Black 24X DVD
      Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

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        Re: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P and 16GB - Issues?

        Ya, I really have not seen many 4GB modules. Maybe none, not sure.

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          Re: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P and 16GB - Issues?

          A local store (and Google finds several others too) advertizes 996654 and 996655, both PC2-6400. Neither chip is on product list on Mushkins site, but both are mentioned in their forums (problems with some other motherboard brand ...).

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            Re: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P and 16GB - Issues?

            Ahh so I see! I'd test out a pair for sure, I would assume from my knowledge of the brand that they would work in a Gigabyte board.

            As you know, they would likely need some fine tunning

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