I just put 8 GB of G.Skill ram only my Mobo (Gigabite P35-DS4). This is DD2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 ram. I got this from NewEgg.
I quickly noticed Win7 would crash before too long. Finally, I got into Prime95 and it immediately halted saying that there was an error in calculation (it was getting wrong results for known calculations!). After seeing this, I put the old 2G of HyperX DD2-800 ram back in the system. Prime95 seems to be working now, though I have not completed a full-length stress test. I have been using this ram for the last two years, though. I did try a few other setting of the timing on the G.Skill ram, but never got to anything that seems stable. Should I keep going with this ram (while trying to find some setting that works) or seek to return for an exchange with Newegg? By the way, the old ram gets a 5.5 on Windows Experience Index while the new ram gets a 7.2. Thanks.
