RAM and Motherboard

[cinohpa]

Hey everyone,

I posted here about a new build a week ago:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1417949

Unfortunately, after building, my motherboard kind of burst into flames (or at least smoke was pouring out of it) so I needed to return it. Right now I'm looking for a replacement quick and unfortunately newegg doesn't have the evga e58 sli in stock right now.

Would the asus p6t be comparable? And if so would I still want the 1600 DIM RAM or would I be better off getting 1333 DIM and overclocking to 1600?

Anything else you guys might recommend for mobo? The ram I would be deciding between would be:

G. Skill DDR3 1333

or

muskin DDR3 1600

or should I get a different type of ram better for overclocking?

Note on the RAM: I'm also getting new ram because that's the part of the motherboard that went up in smoke and I'm not sure if it had anything to do with the ram/if the ram was damaged. How likely do you think testing that ram on a board could result in damaging the board? I went with the mushkin last time. . . .

Thanks.

 

[engiNURD]

Yes, the P6T is good. Yes, still get DDR3-1600. Another good board is the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P.

Get one of these kits:
$95 - G.SKILL 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-1600 F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ 9-9-9-24 1.5V – 1.6V
$95 - G.SKILL 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-1600 F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI 8-8-8-21, 1.6V -1.65V

With either of those kits, I doubt you'll have to even OC the RAM.

Oh, you already have Mushkin RAM? RMA it! Any burn marks on it? If so, I think you want some 1.5v RAM this time around, lol... or maybe another brand, hehe. Though, I don't think it was your RAM's fault, but thats just a guess.

 

[PC_User]

enginurd is right.

There's some pricing mistake with the G.Skill DDR3 1333 kit the OP linked to for $115. Get the low voltage red sticks for $95.

 

[cinohpa]

OK looking to go for either the
P6T Deluxe

or

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

Does the gigabyte not support RAID out of the box?

Any other big differences between the two?

Will I have to overclock to get either of these boards to recognize the dim 1600 ram? It looks like the p6t doesn't recognize it without overclocking.

 

[PC_User]

OK looking to go for either the
P6T Deluxe

or

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

Does the gigabyte not support RAID out of the box?

Any other big differences between the two?

Will I have to overclock to get either of these boards to recognize the dim 1600 ram? It looks like the p6t doesn't recognize it without overclocking.

Both are good motherboards. The Gigabyte does have raid out of the box. Also, I'm pretty sure the P6T Deluxe V2 supports DDR3 1600 without any additional tweaking.