Help out a noob! Memory

[obasnoj]

Hey guys

Total pc noob here. Had my buddy basically built my computer 2 summers ago. Right now I have corsair dominator memory ddr3 1333 4 (2x2) gigs 8-8-8-24 in this mobo:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=482

Here is the RAM im looking at buying:

G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...

Will these two work together? Anything I'm missing? Also, will ddr3 1600 ram work with that mobo?


EDIT: Also looking at this one:

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DD...

Which is recommended between those two RAM choices for my mobo? Thanks!

 

[CDdude55]

Also, will ddr3 1600 ram work with that mobo?

That board doesn't support 1600MHz memory natively, but it should boot up fine just at a lower frequency. So you'd have to manually change it in BIOS.

And between those two kits i would probably just go with the Ares since it's $1 cheaper and has similar specs to the Ripjaws. Though they might be tougher to overclock then the Ripjaws, but since you probably don't do much to any overclocking (i assume that since you say you're inexperianced) then the slightly cheaper Gskill Ares kit should do the job just fine.

 

[Norton]

I'm not sure if your board supports 8GB sticks of ram.... check the website/owners manual on 8GB per stick ram usage.

That said, you will probably get the best performance for your money by buying a 2x4GB (8GB) set of ram. You will be fine with DDR3 1600 cas9 1.5v (my AMD setups have had issues w/1.65v ram)

This is a nice set (used these in one of my rigs w/o issues):

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM...

 

[cdawall]

You should be just fine AM3 supports 8GB per dimm. The motherboard has little to due with it on an AMD with the memory controller on the CPU. If that ram has an AMD memory profile it will boot up as 1600 otherwise you will have to manually set it to a 1600mhz divider with the correct timings.

 

[95Viper]

I dunno... the manual only shows 4GB sticks max and 4X4GB for a max of 16GB.
I would borrow some 8GB sticks first and try 'em. Or find someone who has tried them in that board.

Screen shot of TA890FXE Ver. 5.x manual page: