What Memory for 970 Performance?
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Topic: What Memory for 970 Performance?
Posted By: Ernst0
Subject: What Memory for 970 Performance?
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2019 at 7:15am
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I bought Kingston HyperX 1866 DDr3 and found I had issues using it on the Performance 970. So much so I bought a ASUS board. Well the ASUS board has failed, I am doing a new build and the choices for a AM3+ Motherboard with M.2 socket is only the two Performance 970 boards I already bought. As far as I know; well, there is ebay where I can spend $600 for a AM3+ m.2 motherboard now. So What memory can I buy that will make the 970 Performance happy? |
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Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2019 at 7:26am
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Where do I start? For 600 USD you will get a brand new Ryzen + mobo + RAM. Why do you care about AM3+? Also, the M.2 is NOT a NVMe capable slot, so basically you have a fancy SATA port. |
Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2019 at 7:33am
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You could start by answering my question. I am waiting on the Ryzen upgrade for Gen 3 or even Gen 4. |
Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2019 at 7:39am
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Well, you should start by learning some damn English grammar, so people can actually understand what is the real question, but that is none of my business. Ryzen 3 is coming rather soon, so maybe it's worth the wait. AMD are also keeping AM4 till 202, so a current-gen mobo should serve you well anyway. |
Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2019 at 8:11am
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Well, allow me to restate the question. What brand of DDR3 does the ASRock 970 Performance work well with? Kingston HyperX seems to cause it problems. |
Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2019 at 3:47pm
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The Dram mode goes into single channel mode and motherboard never beeps on boot. This is dual channel 1866 mhz dram. |
Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 3:25am
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I had a great times back in the day with the so called Radeon RAM. It was some OEM memory, branded as Radeon. I was running 4x4GB @ 2133MT/s, but again, it was on a A88X board. |
Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 3:29am
| When in doubt, one should stick to QVL. I doubt you'd get quick and accurate responses anyhow, as this mobo of yours is quite dated (if I can use this term here). |
Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 6:32am
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Yes I can see I may have to wait for an informed answer and advice. Perhaps a long time as you point out. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 2:57pm
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https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty%20970%20Performance/#Memory You can also check the QVL on the RAM product page to make sure it lists AM3+ support. G-Skill is pretty good with it's QVL lists. Generally speaking, if any ASRock 970 based board is listed you should be good to go. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 3:11pm
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I believe the answer lies in the O.C. settings. I have experimented with manual settings and have been able to get a stable CPU @ 4701 MHz with 32gb memory albeit at 1333 MHz. It is a start. I'm sure there is a better configuration. I must learn how to do that. |
Posted By: gizmic
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 3:26pm
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did 2000@CL9 on asrock 990fx 8gbX2 ------------- 
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Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 3:41pm
Thanks. I am still investigating this via manual O.C. settings. ASRock says this MB will do 2400 MHz DIMMs so I am confused as to why I am only at 1333 on 1866 MHz DIMMs. This new CPU clocked easy at 5.175 GHz |
Xaltar wrote:Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 3:44pm
I saw that it likes 2 sticks better than 4 sticks. I need the 32 GB .. Can I run 2 16gb sticks? |
Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2019 at 9:58pm
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After much effort and experimentation I got it to 1600 and 4x8gb in. It's not the 1866 I had on other MB but it seems to be the best possible. I have to call it good at this point. Thanks for all the help. |
Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2019 at 8:23am
Now that I have a solution to my MB issue I thought to comment a bit more. I like the AMD 9590. This CPU, I am using now, clocked in at an easy 5.175 GHz. It is running the stress test MPrime on all 8 cores as I type and I can still use it as if it was sitting idle. So that is impressive enough in my book. My Focus going forward is learning OpenCl programming and using my Radeon Pros' for "number crunching." I am not sure how many "threads" the GPUs' will add in processing power but I'm guessing more than 64. I want to say much more than 64 but I am still learning about these Radeon Pros' They have superior floating point precision over ordinary GPUs' I am reading. So All is good here, I will get my money's worth of use and in the future when the 64/128 core CPUs' are released I more than likely will upgrade. There will always be the next best thing so enjoy your hardware. I am enjoying mine. |