Ram Upgrade??

[Stappa]

Hi, I've been running my PCS system for 5 years with several upgrades........I now want to upgrade the Ram,I'm currently running the 6gb that came with the PC,and I want to double it to 12GB.......My Mobo is the ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI. and my ram is the 6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)

How and what do I upgrade the ram with?? I guess replace the 3x2gb sticks with 3x4gb sticks??I cant find any identical ram as its 5 years old so what would u guys do??

Plz advise(my original spec below)

PS I tried the Official PCS upgrade system but got the following message 'No amendment options are available for this item'.

Case	ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved
Overclocked CPU	OverClocked Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz @ max 3.8GHz)
OC Settings	Show/Hide
Motherboard	ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)	6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card	1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DX 11 (PRE-ORDER)
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Graphics Card	NONE
3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Graphics Card	NONE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk	120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Hard Disk	1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID	NONE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader	INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply	CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£99)
Processor Cooling	TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste	ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card	ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking	ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options	6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem	NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive	NONE
Firewire	NONE
TV Card	NONE
Operating System	Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software	NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus	NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor	NONE
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Monitor	NONE
Monitor Cables	NONE
Eyefinity Adapter / GeForce 3D Vision	NONE
Keyboard & Mouse	NONE
Mouse	NONE
Speakers	NONE
Webcam	NONE
Headsets	NONE
Surge Protection	NONE
Printer	NONE
External Hard Drive	NONE
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation	NONE
Data Recovery	NONE
Delivery	STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

 

[Stappa]

my mobo has 6 slots and I assumed that they should be fitted in sets of 3?? hence tri band? when i configured PC the options were for 3x2gb/3x4gb etc

The mobo spec sheet also says 'memory channel triple'? so I assumed 3 modules ie 3x2gb/3x4gb etc

 

[GeorgeHillier]

my mobo has 6 slots and I assumed that they should be fitted in sets of 3?? hence tri band?

Is your motherboard set up for tri band? Most are dual band enabled, but not tri band.

I would just get a couple 8GB sticks to replace the stuff you already have

 

[Stappa]

Is your motherboard set up for tri band? e

Yes.....

 

[GeorgeHillier]

Yes.....

Just had a look at it on asus website and it is, so fair enough The RAM doesn't have to run in tri band, so can run single channel, meaning 2x8GB sticks would still work, or you could go with 3x4GB sticks. 3GB sticks aren't common any more

 

[Rakk]

Just had a look at it on asus website and it is, so fair enough

Yep, the i7-900 series was all set to use tri-channel RAM, it was something new they were trying - but obviously didn't do as well as hoped given the i7-900 series was the only series that used it.

 

[Stappa]

ordered another 12gb and all worked well........