need ram

That would mean tweaking the bios a little too see that work. Newegg listed the board itself as 677 while Asus clearly points out 667/533. As far as how the Geil memory would run that would be chancing it depending on it's own backward capability there. :confused:
 
That will run at the second fsb setting there and is compatible since that model board will run 800/667/533 according to Gigabyte's own specifications seen at http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Product...rboard&ProductID=2314&ProductName=GA-965P-DS3

While OCZ, Corsair, Kingston, and Crucial are all known brands I can't say good or bad on Patriot since that's a relatively new brand there in comparison to the others. The one brand seen at Gigabyte is Kingtson there with Corsair seen at Asus. For a gaming machine you will want to look at preformance memory like the Corsair xms series or Kingston HyperX if you plan on ocing anyways. Without ocing take your pick.
 
I have OCz DD2-667 in a GA-965P-S3, it took a BIOS update (board shipped with the F2 BIOS = crappy, no memory support) but it was relatively painless to get set up.

I don't see any reason the Patriot RAM wouldn't work.

edit: Patriot may be a new brand but they are basically PDP, a memory maker for the last 20 years or so.
 
Last edited:
I would go with the patriot. It's listed as 1.8V with only slightly worse timings whereas the corsair is listed at 2.1V
 
The corsair is out of stock. The patriot may not OC quite as far as the XMS2, but on the other hand it might, you've got 0.3V on the XMS2 that's already used up unless you drop the timings.
 
Yes, latency is measured in clock cycles. When you have more clocks to work with the latency goes down. If you had some PC3200 @ 3-4-4-8 and some PC5400 @ 3-4-4-8 the amount of time lost on the 5400 is less even though the latency timings are the same.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top