Hye.

Im new here. I have a question regarding my set up.

Processor: Intel 920 DO Stepping
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
RAM: Kingston DDR3 3 x 2GB Tall Heatsink 2000MhZ

Current set up, Ram Slot 1, 3, and 5 already used. Since I have difficult in finding triple channel RAM,

Can I use the available slot 2, 4, and 6 by insert 3 x 4GB RAM?

Is it will affect the performance?

( Im doing video editing in Sony Vegas, frequent memory insufficient delay my work ) b

Triple-Channel and Dual-Channel or whatever will NOT boost performance in real-life applications such as Photoshop, games, Microsoft Word, etc.
But, if you're playing benchmarking software, it helps. Benchmarking softwares are meant for PC Enthusiasts, Extreme OCer(which want to win some titles, etc).

It won't affect performance if you throw in some random RAMs into your current setup.
But, it's not worth to do so. 2GB RAM mixed with 4GB RAM and 2000MHz mixed with other MHz, different CLs, etc. LOL.

For a PC Enthusiasts or OCer, setting up random RAMs is definitely WRONG. LOL.

For normal people, it's OK.

ahh.. Now I know ... It will be fine for me as long as for normal usage. Thanks for the HELP!

I suggest that you take out the 3x2gb ram kit after you install the 3x4gb kit. Try out the ram usage and see if you need to put back the 3x2gb kit for extra ram requirement (at a possible scarification of ram timing and incompatibility)

Yes, you can insert the extra memory. Though you will need to observe some caveats (as mentioned below)...

If you add slower RAMs (lower clock speed and/or higher latency), then all the memory modules will run at the speed of th slower memory modules. Also beware that you're using performance memory which has a higher operating memory voltage. For compatibility between banks of memory, usually its recommended for all the memory modules to have same operating voltage. Thus preferably get memory modules with similar characteristics (speed, latency and operating voltage). Otherwise you may need to remove your current performance memory if adding new memory modules causes problems.

This post has been edited by lex: Jun 6 2012, 05:46 PM

what if insert this kit? KHX1600C9D3K3 3 x 2GB..

found a shop have extra stock for the RAM (triple channel) ..

wonder acceptable for my situation?

your current 2000Mhz rated RAM will downclock to match your HyperX kits. Unless you OC all of them to around 2000Mhz.
I think compability issues should be okay.

I will buy the kits tomorrow. Will update here once everything install and format the OS to Windows 7 64 bit..

Thanks alot for those giving the advice, really appreciate it..

make sure you test everything within the 7 day time frame just to prevent any hassles later.
do keep us updated.

Then your memory clock speed will reduced to run at 1600MHz only. Do those have the same operating voltage as your current DDR3-2000 memory modules? Have you checked what's your memory module's operating voltage?

Lets say first kits default voltage is 1.65v, and another kits default voltage running at 1.50v,

would it be another incompatibility issue?

If there no problem at all, I guess I might need to take a risk by buying the kits, since no choices are left.

This post has been edited by eslensa: Jun 13 2012, 01:30 AM

Nope, should be compatible. The caveat is just that the kits wih 1.5V will be running a bit hotter than specifications (due to higher memory voltage). It would be incompatible however if the BIOS defaults to 1.5V memory voltage (which will affect the higher speed DDR3-2000 memory modules), and if that happens then you will have to manually set the memory voltage (to a higher one).

then the kits with default voltage 1.5v sacrifice the lifespan due to voltage of 1.65v ...

the solution might need add the ram cooler right?