Problem with Asus P5B?

"buyer beware, Extreme Caution

Pros: Fast RAM if you can get it to work. I've never had this problem with RAM before.

Cons: Do not buy this RAM if you're buying an ASUS motherboard. All reviews that state that this RAM does not work with ASUS boards (P5B for me) do not work.

Other Thoughts: I've built more than thirty computers and never had this happen to me. I already sent in for the rebate, so I can't send the RAM back for an exchange.

Reviewed By: N/A, 8/12/2006 5:33:13 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is high and has owned this product for less than 1 day.
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Does not work with P5B

Pros: None

Cons: Does not work with the P5B. If you boot with cheap ram and manually set the timings, the board then recognizes the ram as PC4200.

Other Thoughts: Don't waste your time."
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16820227124

These are the "personal" comments seen in the reviews at newegg. Kingston and Corsair never seem to have problems.
 
I can say it, my OCZ Gold Series ram didn't work with Asus P5B. I bought Corsair XMS2 Thinx 2GB, 800MHz, Cas 5 latency - splended.
 
[ULKER];403334 said:
I can say it, my OCZ Gold Series ram didn't work with Asus P5B. I bought Corsair XMS2 Thinx 2GB, 800MHz, Cas 5 latency - splended.
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Good thing I didnt get the OCZ Ram! I Know there was a problem with those ram somewhere.
 
Corsair and Kingston seem to be the best for Asus boards. For DFI boards you would go Crucial or Kingston. Gee? I'm glad I went with Kingston. :P I wonder what the memory configurer has on MSI boards?
 
So what is the best Intel board for gaming? I read the P5B is awesome but if you can't go SLi in the future... that really sucks! haha
 
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monkeysims said:
That boards not bad either, and it's SLI. I think it really comes down if you want ATI or nVidia.
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It really comes down to whether or not you plan on running two not one cards where NVidia cards would be needed to use SLI while a pair of the same ATI models would be needed to run a Crossfire setup. You can try mixing models in a setup but lose on performance fast. The last few boards have run NVidia chipsets while running differents cards on the last one. The current SLI model boards runs a Radeon X1300 Pro without problems. To run a pair of Radeons? OOPS! :eek: ! I would need a pair of NVidia models. :(
(now what did you go out and do? buy an ati for an nvidia board!)(butt out!)
 
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