Greetings!
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I just purchased a GA-EP45-UD3 rev 1.6 motherboard bundled with a Q9550 CPU.
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From poking around this forum I get the impression that the GA-EP45-UD3 is a bit finicky about what memory it works well, or at all, with, and much more so if overclocking is involved.
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Specifically I want to go with 4GB (2 - 2GB sticks) of DDR 1066 with CAS timings of 5/5/5/15. The reasons are 4GB is almost certainly more than enough for anything I will probably need to do. 1066 because, as I understand it, the price premium for 1066 over 800 is almost nil and 1066 will give me a bit more head room for overclocking. Someone, please correct me if I am wrong regarding the head room for overclocking. 5/5/5/15 because this seems to be about the fastest CAS timing available and should make the system a bit faster. Again, someone please correct me if I am wrong about this.
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memory support list for 2GB DDR 1066, although the selection for DDR 800 is little better. I have never heard of several of the listed suppliers (which does not, within and of itself mean much.) Very few of the listings were for 2GB sticks and I had very little luck matching up any of the listed numbers with anything that is actually on the market. Now, admittedly, I did most of my searching on Newegg but in some cases I listed a module P/N or component P/N directly into bing and still nothing came up. I know there are other vendors besides Newegg, I just know them best, but still, with the bing searches nothing came up either. Note: I did not check any of the listed 1GB part numbers, which are most of the listings, because 1GB sticks are just not what I am interested in.
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Here then are my memory related questions:
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Really, just how finicky is the GA-EP45-UD3 about the memory it will run well with?
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Is there some trick to finding the memory on the Gigabyte memory support list?
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Oh, another memory related question, I know that if I go with two sticks they should go in the even, or the odd, memory slots, but which? It is kind of my understanding that most motherboards, if not all slots are populated, work best with either the evens, or the odds, but which varies with the MB manufacturer. Does it make a difference with this motherboard?
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My other questions, for today, involve RAID.
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I want to do a RAID with this build, possibly a RAID 5 but most likely a RAID 0, and I have never done a RAID before.
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This motherboard has two HD controllers: an Intel controller in the ICH10R south bride, capable of controlling up to 6 disks in RAID 0, 1, 5, or 10 and a Gigabyte controller capable of controlling up to 2 disks in RAID 0, 1, or JBOD.
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Now I understand that if I decide to go with RAID 5 I must use the Intel controller, but if I go with RAID 0 I have a choice. Therefore if I go with RAID 0 which controller should I use? Is one of the controllers faster or better in some way, than the other?
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Also, if I use the Intel controller with, say, a RAID 5 with three disks, can I use the other Intel SATA connectors for anything? In other words could I have, for example. a 3 disk RAID 5 configured with the Intel controller but also plug my SATA DVDRW and my external SATA connector into this same controller, or would the SATA DVDRW and the external SATA connector have to go to the Gigabyte controller? Is the Intel controller doing all it can do when it is running a RAID?
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I may have some other questions about just setting a RAID array up at all, especially with Windows XP, as the motherboard manual was not as clear as I would like but I would like to try to dope them out a bit more myself first before I bother the board further. For now if I can get some help on the above points it would really help out.
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Thanks,
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Doug D.
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I just purchased a GA-EP45-UD3 rev 1.6 motherboard bundled with a Q9550 CPU.
<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
From poking around this forum I get the impression that the GA-EP45-UD3 is a bit finicky about what memory it works well, or at all, with, and much more so if overclocking is involved.
<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Specifically I want to go with 4GB (2 - 2GB sticks) of DDR 1066 with CAS timings of 5/5/5/15. The reasons are 4GB is almost certainly more than enough for anything I will probably need to do. 1066 because, as I understand it, the price premium for 1066 over 800 is almost nil and 1066 will give me a bit more head room for overclocking. Someone, please correct me if I am wrong regarding the head room for overclocking. 5/5/5/15 because this seems to be about the fastest CAS timing available and should make the system a bit faster. Again, someone please correct me if I am wrong about this.
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memory support list for 2GB DDR 1066, although the selection for DDR 800 is little better. I have never heard of several of the listed suppliers (which does not, within and of itself mean much.) Very few of the listings were for 2GB sticks and I had very little luck matching up any of the listed numbers with anything that is actually on the market. Now, admittedly, I did most of my searching on Newegg but in some cases I listed a module P/N or component P/N directly into bing and still nothing came up. I know there are other vendors besides Newegg, I just know them best, but still, with the bing searches nothing came up either. Note: I did not check any of the listed 1GB part numbers, which are most of the listings, because 1GB sticks are just not what I am interested in.
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Here then are my memory related questions:
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Really, just how finicky is the GA-EP45-UD3 about the memory it will run well with?
<o:p></o:p>
Is there some trick to finding the memory on the Gigabyte memory support list?
<o:p></o:p>
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Oh, another memory related question, I know that if I go with two sticks they should go in the even, or the odd, memory slots, but which? It is kind of my understanding that most motherboards, if not all slots are populated, work best with either the evens, or the odds, but which varies with the MB manufacturer. Does it make a difference with this motherboard?
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My other questions, for today, involve RAID.
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I want to do a RAID with this build, possibly a RAID 5 but most likely a RAID 0, and I have never done a RAID before.
<o:p></o:p>
This motherboard has two HD controllers: an Intel controller in the ICH10R south bride, capable of controlling up to 6 disks in RAID 0, 1, 5, or 10 and a Gigabyte controller capable of controlling up to 2 disks in RAID 0, 1, or JBOD.
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Now I understand that if I decide to go with RAID 5 I must use the Intel controller, but if I go with RAID 0 I have a choice. Therefore if I go with RAID 0 which controller should I use? Is one of the controllers faster or better in some way, than the other?
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Also, if I use the Intel controller with, say, a RAID 5 with three disks, can I use the other Intel SATA connectors for anything? In other words could I have, for example. a 3 disk RAID 5 configured with the Intel controller but also plug my SATA DVDRW and my external SATA connector into this same controller, or would the SATA DVDRW and the external SATA connector have to go to the Gigabyte controller? Is the Intel controller doing all it can do when it is running a RAID?
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I may have some other questions about just setting a RAID array up at all, especially with Windows XP, as the motherboard manual was not as clear as I would like but I would like to try to dope them out a bit more myself first before I bother the board further. For now if I can get some help on the above points it would really help out.
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Thanks,
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Doug D.
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