What's up, this is my first time on the forum. I used to be on Tom's Hardware, but then they banned me simply because I mentioned something about pirating... ugh... Anyway, I'm upgrading my motherboard, I currently have an ECS board with DDR2 memory. The new one I'm planning on getting is the GIGABYTE GA-P45T-ES3G. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128496 Uses DDR3 memory, 4 slots up 16GB total. I'm also going to get G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB DDR3 memory sticks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231310 I thought it was going to be a snap adding in the RAM, as I have always done to PC's in the past... but something came to my attention. Someone said that their timings need to be set up in the BIOS... uh... what? Timings? I heard they're "unstable" when you leave them at "auto". Why? Do I absolutely HAVE to set their timings? I have NO idea how to do so, and I'm not sure what would it benefit. Why doesn't the RAM just work when you throw it in? Does it do so on SOME motherboards? Please help, I'm pretty well-PC-literate, but this is just something that I have never seen.
Hi, From the reviews on newegg, I didnt see any on the first few pages saying they had to change any timings on the RAM. I saw a few say it worked right out of the box so it doesnt really sound like you need to change the timings. Most motherboards will autodetect the settings you need for the ram. In the rare event that it does not, the manual that comes with your new motherboard should tell you how to set timings manually. Usually, its just a matter of turning off the auto setting and then setting the timings in the BIOS to the settings that the RAM requires (the CAS latency and other timings that are listed on the ram stick, usually on a sticker). I did see the first review on the motherboard where the user said he set his timings manually, but he was using a higher frequency RAM than the ones you are looking at and said in the review that his RAM wasnt supported by the system board.
