XFX Tech's Personal Recommendations for 790i Memory

[XFX Tech]

I will update this list as I see fit. This is memory that has been binned out on a 790i by the memory manufacturer directly before packaging. With the competing DDR3 controllers between NVIDIA and Intel, these are my picks.

[3991vhtes]

Nice job on this! Glad to see a *personal* recommended list! (I'm not trying to shun the other XFX support dude's memory list)

I'm going to print this off for my friend, who's going to have a XFX 790i board soon. Am I allowed to do that?

[XFX Tech]

Sure. You can do anything with it.

The other list posted is an officially tested list. That is why it actually has Samsung and Elpida and that kind of stuff on it.

[shamus5178]

With ref to, TW3X4G2000C9DF 2x2GB 2000MHz 9-9-9-24 1.9v , Is this stock? Or how much "tweeking" do I need to do to achive the mythical 2000Mhz? specs below:

~MOBO: XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI
~CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 , OC 4.0 GHz
~CPU W/C: ZALMAN RESERATOR XT
~RAM: Thinking about TW3X4G2000C9DF
~GPU: 2x BFG GTX 280 (SLI)
~HDD OS: 2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache in RAID0
~HDD Storage: Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache
~Audio: Asus Xonar D2 Ultra Fidelity 7.1 PCI Sound Card
~Speakers: Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THX Speakers
~Monitor: HP W2408H Black 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
~Mouse: Steel series IKARI
~Keyboard: Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard
~PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Modular Power Supply
~Case: Coolermaster COMOS S
~OS: Vista Ultimate 64Bit

[XFX Tech]

It will have an EPP profile so you can enable SLI Ready Memory and it should do it on it's own. I recommend setting it manually instead of using the EPP profile. All you should have to do is enter the settings that they recommend and it should work. Not much tweaking involved.

[shamus5178]

Cheers, it arrived today, stuck it in, went straight to advanced settings - and hey presto, it was all set. Mem mode expert -timmings as per and volt as per aswell, all prepopulated, mutts nuts. havnt seen much imrovement over my 1800Mhz though

[Speed Seeker]

What about OCZ's Gold series 1333 2gb sticks? Are they of for the 709i?
Thanks

[Victor]

What about OCZ's Gold series 1333 2gb sticks? Are they of for the 709i?
Thanks

shouldn't be any issue, I have used that ram with 790i based board and has no issue.

[XFX Tech]

You can see how old this thread was. I should probably get rid of it now. With the latest BIOS and manually setting your memory timings you should be able to run just about anything as long as the sticks are functional.

[GeForce1]

hi, can you please tell me what CPU you ran these modules with?

kind regards, James

[iou4a69]

I'm wondering will any of the new 2X2GB low voltage (around 1.5-1.65) kits work with the 790i? I ask because of less heat, power usage, etc...