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Pros
Asus x99-a system from 2015 is old but was rarely used. The motherboard officially supports up to eight 4gb modules. It now runs stable at 2600 at 1. At 4. Is an older chipset and it's amazing these are compatible at all.
Highlights
Quality
Remove heatsink due to case limitation, yet worked perfectly, normal temperature.
Since booting, using asus's tuning utility in windows as it sets the bios in the process, i've honed the timing settings.
Disclaimer - i am only running one bank of ram (4 modules in quad mode) on a system that is 7 years old and not officially compatible.
35v and the system became unstable and wouldnt even boot.
Price
And it's $100 cheaper than the cheapest 4x8gb quad set available.
Deciding to do 3d rendering as a hobby, it was cheaper to just replace the ram then overclock the cpu than to buy a whole new s... Read More
Competitiveness
X99 is an older chipset and it's amazing these are compatible at all.
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
old, booted, set, compatible and eight. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 22 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 7 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Disclaimer i am only running one bank of ram 4 modules in quad mode on a system that is 7 years old and not officially compatible
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A bios update did allow 16gb modules to be used and shown on an old tech article so i knew this kit would work but not at the native 3200 speed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My asus x99a system from 2015 is old but was rarely used
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Deciding to do 3d rendering as a hobby it was cheaper to just replace the ram then overclock the cpu than to buy a whole new system as the i75820k 6core cpu is decent enough for hobby work fluff
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The motherboard officially supports up to eight 4gb modules
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I installed this update prior to putting in the new ram but the wbesite information did not specify known hurdles to deal with
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I booted into the bios after swapping the modules
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