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X79 Extreme9 COMPATIBILITY RAM

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Topic: X79 Extreme9 COMPATIBILITY RAM

Posted By: roffo
Subject: X79 Extreme9 COMPATIBILITY RAM
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 11:42pm

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Hello

I want to know if compatibilities with this motherboard are frozen, only those indicate in the colone compatability memory.

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8 GB (2x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz CL9 "is what it will be compatible with this motherboard?

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Posted By: dorken
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 4:55pm

X79 Boards are very uncomplicated with RAM, i use Corsair oder Crucial Value RAM up to 64GB...
But better buy some Modules without Heatspreader, even an max OC Module consume far below 5W and can operate safely up to 90°C so no need for such nonsense.
Some test shows that Most Heatspreader are more a type of Heat Isulation the Chips get hotter then without...
Even more, if the Heatspreader ist glued on the chips (as usual) the different thermal expansion betwen aluminum Heatspreader and circuit Board can produce micro cracks in the BGA solder points after a few years. Such nasty things produce Bit Error at a small thermal Window...
I have a Drawer half full of such modules (DDR1-DDR3) from the neighborhood, some are replaced 1-2 times in the Lifetime warranty but then get exchanged for some Value RAM at the next failure..