Question 1

I currently have Kingston KVR1333D3N9K3/6G in my machine which appears to not be available any longer.  I'm looking for a direct, speed matched, option to expand my memory.

This item was showing as an option for an expansion.  Can anyone confirm that for me?  I'm not an expert on computer components, and just need something that will work without wasting tons of money.

Accepted Answer

Hi Ben,

This memory works great for my purposes.

I used it in a VMware lab server that runs four Windows Servers (Domain, DNS, SQL, and File Servers) and eight Linux servers (Mail, Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Fisheye, Crowd, Load Balancer, and Apache Servers)

I purchased 4 packages of this memory for a total of 24G.

MotherBoard: ASUS Z8PE-D12X(ASMB4-IKVM) Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5520 Tylersburg SSI EEB Dual Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series w/Remote Management, PCI-X Server Motherboard

2 x Intel Xeon E5520 Nehalem 2.26GHz LGA 1366 80W Quad-Core Server Processor BX80602E5520

HGST Ultrastar 15K600 HUS156030VLS600(0B23661) 300GB 15000 RPM 16MB Cache SAS 6Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive Bare Drive

I am not sure what your architecture consists of; however, I hope this helps you with your decision.

Best Regards!

Question 2

I HAVE A GIGABYTE  GA-H87-D3H MOTHERBOARD WITH i5 INTEL
CHIP ID THE MEM GOOD FOR ME, running win 7?

Accepted Answer

I would recommend against buying a triple-channel set for a dual-channel motherboard. It will run the memory, and everything will be fine, but for around the same price, you could get a dual channel kit with more memory, and have it run faster.

Question 3

I currently have Corsair DDR3 XMS3-1333 Platinum Series memory, which is two 2gig sticks. Model #CM3X2G1333C9.
I would like to upgrade to from 4gig to 8gig or more. Just trying to upgrade to 8gig has been a chore. Apparently the compatible model is #TW3X4G1333C9A. I have ordered and tried this twice and it will not work with or without my current memory. When I add the new memory I just get 3 beeps.
The Corsair XMS3 DDR3 SDRAM 1333 Model#TR3X6G1333C9 actually looks like the memory I currently have. The question is... will it work? If I add the 3 new sticks of memory (6gig) can I keep one of the current 2gig cards in to make 8gig or do I just get rid of the old stuff and go with 6gig instead of 8gig that I actually need for my Adobe products to work more efficiently?

Accepted Answer

Well the mother board I have has 6 slots, making two banks (it requires triple channel which is TR3 in the name) and I already used 3 slots with 6GB of the TR3 series, I added the extra three to the second bank to make 12 GB. TR3X6G1333C9 was specifically build for triple channel architecture. Not sure if it will work with your mother board as you will have three of these and one older stick, mix and match sometimes is not a best solution as well, you may see memory errors and BSD. Best would be buy exactly same brand sticks that you have (specs as well)  or buy all 4 sticks, but make sure your mother board supports the speed and voltage (i.e. specs). Hope this helps.

Question 4

i recently purchased: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model BLS2K8G3D1609ES2LX0 will it work with this memory for a total of 28GB? MY MOBO HOLDS UPTO 64GB, but i'm not sure if the speeds will work together....thanks

Accepted Answer

SPEEDS VARRIES & DEPENDS ON YOUR MOBO. IF YOU HAVE SLOW SPEED IT WILL JUST DOWNGRADE TO MATCH YOUR EXISTING MEMORY SPEED, IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT BRAND WITH DIFFERENT CLCK SPEED YOU MAY ENCOUNTER COMPATIBILITY PROBLEM STILL DEPENDS ON YOUR MOBO HOW IT WILL HANDLE YOUR MEMORY. IF YOU WANT TO UTILIZED THE MAXIMUM SPEED USE SAME BRAND OF MEMORY AND CLOCK SPEED.

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