Ram compatibility

[Vaner]

I am in the process of upgrading my 7 year old tower but with no much of a budget so I was wondering if a DDR3 1600MHz Ram would work with an i7 processor for a little while until i get the money for new Dims?
I know I won't be able to take advantage the full power of the processor or overclock it i need to just keep on working...

[Minsekt]

we gonn need your mobo and cpu model to tell you if thats possible.

theres almost no reason to upgrade a 7yr old system for ram frequency. unless you want to up your ram from 4-8gb to say 16gb or more, then you might just take higher frequency too.

[thatguyyouknow75]

we need to know your full system specs, if your mobo supports ddr2 then you cant put ddr3 in. i7's have been around quite some time as they reuse the name, do you have model numbers?

[Vaner]

thatguyyouknow75 Νο I am doing research to buy my hardware and i need to account for Ram if to compatible my Ram is DDR3 Xms3 from Corsair so if ram was not necessary now i could buy something better on a motherboard and wait until summer for ram

[Vaner]

19 minutes ago, Minsekt said:

we gonn need your mobo and cpu model to tell you if thats possible.

theres almost no reason to upgrade a 7yr old system for ram frequency. unless you want to up your ram from 4-8gb to say 16gb or more, then you might just take higher frequency too.

I am looking for a new system and I know for now that i am going to carry to the new system  my Psu, HDDs, SSD , and Gpu so I was wonder if I can save for now the Ram to buy something later for a better price

[Lazmarr]

3 minutes ago, Vaner said:

Νο I am doing research to buy my hardware and i need to account for Ram if to compatible my Ram is DDR3 Xms3 from Corsair so if ram was not necessary now i could buy something better on a motherboard and wait until summer for ram

What are you full system specs?

Not all RAM is compatible with every Motherboard and CPU.

[Vaner]

1 minute ago, Lazmarr said:

What are you full system specs?

Not all RAM is compatible with every Motherboard and CPU.

I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 , Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 ,Asus P5P43TD Pro mobo , Corsair 8Gb Xms3 DDR3 RAM,PSU Corsair CX600W Psu 

[thatguyyouknow75]

23 minutes ago, Vaner said:

thatguyyouknow75 Νο I am doing research to buy my hardware and i need to account for Ram if to compatible my Ram is DDR3 Xms3 from Corsair so if ram was not necessary now i could buy something better on a motherboard and wait until summer for ram

in that case, 1600mhz is plenty fast, ddr3 is still relevant and assuming you have enough will run everything magnificently, and the minimum i suggest is 8gb, whereas 16 is optimal

[Vaner]

1 minute ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

in that case, 1600mhz is plenty fast, ddr3 is still relevant and assuming you have enough will run everything magnificently, and the minimum i suggest is 8gb, whereas 16 is optimal

I need to know if it would ran for a couple of months till i find a good deal on them

 

[Fastbrony Racer]

The max your motherboard can have is 16GB and 8GB is really good for most people. why do you want to upgrade? so far I think waiting is a better.

 

[thatguyyouknow75]

16 minutes ago, Vaner said:

I need to know if it would ran for a couple of months till i find a good deal on them

 

as i said, 8gb of ddr3 will last you a long time yet

[Vaner]

3 hours ago, Fastbrony Racer said:

The max your motherboard can have is 16GB and 8GB is really good for most people. why do you want to upgrade? so far I think waiting is a better.

 

I have performance issues on new games and music programs I am not in any harry I just think it's time to start expanding my capabilities.