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From: titus12 on 6 Feb 2010 20:57
I am building a computer just to use Win7 64bit, fastest memory and the
Gigabyte GA H57 USB3 motherboard. Does it matter if you use a brand of
memory that is not in the memory support doc. for the motherboard?

Thank you,
David


From: Sardine on 6 Feb 2010 22:08
titus12 wrote:
> I am building a computer just to use Win7 64bit, fastest memory and the
> Gigabyte GA H57 USB3 motherboard. Does it matter if you use a brand of
> memory that is not in the memory support doc. for the motherboard?
>
> Thank you,
> David
>
>

David:
I almost always ignore those lists. Just buy a brand and type that is
popular or recommended by users you trust.

I do not buy expensive memory, or really cheap memory. Never had any issues.

Sardine

From: Bobby Johnson on 7 Feb 2010 09:26
Sometimes it is a problem, but you never know until you try. I had one
motherboard that was very picky and I ended up purchasing RAM on the
manufacturers list.


My experience with Gigabyte though is they are pretty forgiving about
the memory.


On 2010-02-06 20:57, titus12 wrote:
> I am building a computer just to use Win7 64bit, fastest memory and the
> Gigabyte GA H57 USB3 motherboard. Does it matter if you use a brand of
> memory that is not in the memory support doc. for the motherboard?
>
> Thank you,
> David
>
>
From: Carlos on 7 Feb 2010 10:06
Agreed.
I have used 3 different gigabyte mobos and had no issues with memory brands.
Kingston works fine for me.
Carlos

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> Sometimes it is a problem, but you never know until you try. I had one
> motherboard that was very picky and I ended up purchasing RAM on the
> manufacturers list.
>
>
> My experience with Gigabyte though is they are pretty forgiving about
> the memory.
>
>
> On 2010-02-06 20:57, titus12 wrote:
> > I am building a computer just to use Win7 64bit, fastest memory and the
> > Gigabyte GA H57 USB3 motherboard. Does it matter if you use a brand of
> > memory that is not in the memory support doc. for the motherboard?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > David
> >
> >
> .
>
From: Peter B. Steiger on 9 Feb 2010 15:40
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:57:39 -0800, titus12 sez:

> I am building a computer just to use Win7 64bit, fastest memory and the
> Gigabyte GA H57 USB3 motherboard. Does it matter if you use a brand of
> memory that is not in the memory support doc. for the motherboard?

You'll probably get answers supporting every viewpoint, but here's mine:
I'm getting too old for this "stuff". Back in the day, I loved
cannibalizing old PCs and creating a frankenputer with the case from
this, the motherboard from that, the 386/486 from another, whatever RAM I
could get my hands on. It got a little trickier as I moved from AT to
ATX because I couldn't afford to upgrade all the components at once.

Anyway, it got to the point that it was a crapshoot whether a given
combination of motherboard/CPU/RAM would all work together, so I stopped
trying to guess. Now I go to a barebones shop and either get the mobo+ram
+cpu package or even go the extra mile and have them put it all in a case
and test it before shipping. I can still add whatever cheapie
peripherals and drives (or move them over from the old box), but I no
longer have to worry about compatibility issues.

pricewatch (http://www.pricewatch.com) is a great source for comparison
shopping and they have categories specifically for barebones (case+mb+ram
+cpu) and mobo+ram+cpu combos, sorted by price with user reviews on the
vendors.

--
Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY
If you must reply by email, you can reach me by placing zeroes
where you see stars: wypbs.**1 at gmail.com.
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