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it’s compatible

[Brother_Shrike]

@BaTz281

However, the 1156 platform is pretty much done already - from what I’ve read, Intel doesn’t plan to do much with it. So for the future, 1366 is a “better” investment. Also consider - i7-930 ($199) + 6GB DDR3 kit ($140) + 1366 Mobo (~$200) = $540. i5-750 ($160) + Mobo (~$160) + 8GB DDR3 kit ($180) = $500. It’s worth getting the 8GB of RAM for the 1156 platform, since 4GB really isn’t enough for Win7 + newer games. So $40 gets you a LOT more performance, plus a more future-proof platform with room to upgrade to a 6-core proc, SATA6, USB3, etc.

AFAIK 1366 is done as well. Sandy Bridge, Nehalem’s successor coming out in Q4 2010, is on LGA 1155.

[Kairouseki]

This RAM seems to be the best for the price of the ones listed on the manufacturer’s list for this mobo but the only problem I see is that the timing is 9-9-9-24-2N. I was told that 9 isn’t very good but someone earlier in this thread said I shouldn’t really notice the differences between the timings.

[BaTz281]

@Brother Shrike

AFAIK 1366 is done as well. Sandy Bridge, Nehalem’s successor coming out in Q4 2010, is on LGA 1155.

Hmm. Hadn’t even heard about the 1155 yet, but then, I’ve been busy researching all the stuff for the system I built 3 weeks ago. Plus I don’t usually keep too close of an eye on stuff that’s coming out in the future, unless it’s something REALLY worth waiting on. As it is, I think an i7-930 running at 4gHz will keep me computing happily for a while

@Kairouseki

This RAM seems to be the best for the price of the ones listed on the manufacturer’s list for this mobo but the only problem I see is that the timing is 9-9-9-24-2N. I was told that 9 isn’t very good but someone earlier in this thread said I shouldn’t really notice the differences between the timings.

I don’t want to keep advising you to get parts that are more expensive, but at the same time, if you’re going to do it, you should do it right. That said, if you’re still set on getting the 1156 platform, I’d recommend this RAM. It natively supports DDR3 1600 (although you might have to adjust your RAM voltage and timings in the BIOS to reach that speed), and at that speed (1600+, 1.6V), a CAS latency of 9-9-9-24 isn’t bad at all. I’m running this kit at 1748mHz, 1.6V and 8-9-9-24.

As for PCI-E2.1, I think it has to do with running two full x16 PCI-E lanes (if you run two videocards) but I’m not positive (I’ve been doing a lot of reading, don’t remember what articles I’ve read and have LOTS of information floating in my brain )

[Mango_Assassin]

Its also pretty mediocre, they supposedly only have 4 Dimms setup on 1155 motherboards.
it pretty much is the 1156 with nicer cpu design as of yet, which is why 1366 is better imo and 1366 will have a nice life.

I say.

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@BaTz281

As for PCI-E2.1, I think it has to do with running two full x16 PCI-E lanes (if you run two videocards) but I’m not positive (I’ve been doing a lot of reading, don’t remember what articles I’ve read and have LOTS of information floating in my brain )

nope, it affects the speed.
e.g.:

	PCIe 1.0 	PCIe 2.0 	PCIe 3.0
1x 	250 MB/s 	500 MB/s 	1000 MB/s
2x 	500 MB/s 	1000 MB/s 	2000 MB/s
4x 	1000 MB/s 	2000 MB/s 	4000 MB/s
8x 	2000 MB/s 	4000 MB/s 	8000 MB/s
16x 	4000 MB/s 	8000 MB/s 	16000 MB/s

[BaTz281]

This guy shows something different. Hmmm…

I’ll worry about it when I get a new system

https://blog.trentontechnology.com/bid/38354/PCI-Express-1-1-2-0-2-1-3-0-What-s-Happening-Why-Do-I-Care

[Kairouseki]

Been looking around at different motherboards and found this one. It supports RAM up to 2600MHz, though I can’t find a list of supported brands.

Edit: Though it doesn’t support ATI Crossfire. Hm…

You know, I’m just going to get the other motherboard with the 9-9-9-24 RAM. I’m sure it doesn’t make that much of a difference.

Edit 2: This combo looks pretty cool. And the motherboard supports this memory which is 8-8-8-21. Hopefully the combo is still around when I get them.