Potential Memory Issues?

[TheChrisCho]

Hey everybody! My current set-up includes a:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128412

Memory: G.SKILL F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275&Tpk=F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM

I have been watching the price of
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311
drop repeatedly, and at the low price of $40 and free shipping, I'm finally caving. However, most of the tech purchases i make are usually run through my brother; he's sort of a bit more of a techie than i am. What i thought at first was just a simple addition to my RAM, was made out to be a very complicated process.

His bias against ever needing 12gb of RAM aside, he's made me paranoid in what used to be a simple purchase. He mentions the differences in timing, and cas latency and such. And I've done a wee bit of my own research and I've found that some of these boards may need a certain order when fitted (specific ones need to be in the primary slots / secondary slots, etc.). The sale ends the 7th, so if possible, please soothe my nerves (or aggravate them) by giving me some details regarding whether or not i should purchase this. Thank you very much.

Further system statistics upon request.

 

[Liggywuh]

The P55 board that my GF has (a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3R (so basically the same)) requires RAM in slots 2 (and 4) before slots 1 (and 3) work. So as long as you have RAM in slots 2 and/ or 4, you should be able to use slots 1 and/ or 3. If that made sense.

Every RAM module has different memory timings, as long as you know what they are, there shouldn't be any problems.

Basically on the R board, each memory channel (slot 1 and 2 combined is channel A, slot 3 and 4 is channel B), has its own memory timing options. As long as you set these to the slowest timings (for example slot 1 has CAS10 memory, slot 2 has CAS8 memory, you would set it to CAS10), there shouldn't be any problems.

Generally if you leave the settings on auto, you will probably be fine, as the motherboards do a lot more themselves than they used to.