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Title: Motherboard and memory question
Post by: Rondar on May 06, 2008, 07:02:22 PM

I'm going to build a computer and it will be my first.    I have decided on a E8400 processor and this is the motherboard I think I want. It is a gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

 I dont need anything fancy, just a motherboard, and this one seems to have good reviews for it.  Now my question is, I have heard about checking to make sure the ram is compatible with the motherboards.  How do I do that and what would you guys recommend?  The motherboard says it will support the 1066 mhz ram but I have no idea which particular ram I would want.

Title: Re: Motherboard and memory question
Post by: OOZ662 on May 06, 2008, 08:34:01 PM

I'll eventually be building off the same board. I went with this RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231144). Compared to the others, it seems pretty decent with good/great reviews and is the correct type for the board.

In case you're interested, here's links to the rest of my prospected build.

Case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103010)
Optical Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154)
PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153038)
CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115047)
GPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150232)
Water Cooling (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835128015) (For the hell of it, honestly.)
HDD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136151)

Title: Re: Motherboard and memory question
Post by: BaldEagl on May 06, 2008, 08:37:00 PM

Go to the Gigabyte web-site and look up that board.  They will have a list of all compatible RAM.