I'm sorry to bother you, but I have searched high and low, and can't find what I'm looking for. I was thinking that maybe one of you can point me in the right direction, and even if not, this may serve as a heads up for anyone looking for a new Mobo with PCIe.
Like many of you, I have been waiting for the XITE, and I've made an effort to keep my ageing DAW in duty until it comes. It had no PCIe slots, and could only take up to 2Gb RAM, which was not enough anymore. Because the people that I work with (and work for) don't take "soon" for an answer, I had to upgrade in a hurry in order to keep my deadlines.
Last March I bought the best parts available in the shops 'round here, and I ended up with an Intel E8400 CPU and a Gigabyte EP43-DS3 Mobo. These were not too expensive, and the performance increase in terms of CPU was immense - enough to finish some heavy projects that were already freezing the older machine. BUT, the problem is, the Gigabyte Mobo doesn't accept just any RAM module, especially in Dual Channel mode. After a few failed experiments with standard OCZ and Kingston 800 and 1066 MHz modules from the shop, I found a document on Gigabyte's website listing the approved memory modules, and, surprise surprise, I can't find any of them for sale anywhere (at least the 2GB ones, I'm not that interested in buying 512MB or 1 GB sticks). So, right now, I'm using a single 2Gb stick of Kingston, and the other one is useless - if I try to put it in a slot, the pc won't boot at all...
From the website, there are only 2 models of 2Gb 1066MHz RAM that are compatible:
Apacer 78.AAGAL.9KF and KingMax KLEE88F-B8KB5
If I decide to go for 800Mhz
, there are a few more models:Elixir M2Y2G64TU8HD4B-AC ; GEIL GB28GB6400C5QC ; NCP NCPT8AUDR-25M88 ; PSC AL8E8F73C-8E1 and Qimonda HYS64T256020EU-2.5-C2
I can't find any of these anywhere. I did manage to find an italian shop on Ebay that sells the KingMax, but, for some reason, they won't respond to my e-mails, so it's as good as nothing. The modules must be exactly the same type as I specified here. For example, the 2Gb Kingston modules I bought are actually listed as compatible, but only up to 1Gb... I also contacted some of the manufacturers directly, but they won't sell retail.
I would be most thankful if someone could direct me to an online shop, preferably in Europe, that sells these and ships to Portugal. In the meantime, if you're planning on buying a Gigabyte Mobo, try to find out what sort of RAM is compatible, so you don't get a nasty surprise like I did.
Thanks in advance,
T
). That was actually what I though was happening, even though there were still 3 other slots (including a dual-channel pair) supposedly working. On the second one, I was really really careful, and peeled everything off all at once, but it seems that wasn't the reason why it wasn't working.
