Hi,
 
I'm a new user of EVGA as my name suggests. and this is my first post. so any mistakes please ignore. I have a few quick questions related to 790i and I'm hoping that I'll find the right answers here. thanks in advance for your help.
 
RAM
 
The ram I reckon should be on EVGA compatibility list. or else it wont work and all that. the RAM I've found from an online seller is this one.
 
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148817
 
Now I reckon its one of the most important bit specially in 790i motherboard. because what I've heard that it wont accept just any ram and gives a lot of blue screens in windows, so the ram has to be the right one. if you guys, from experience of this motherboard and ram can tell me if it will work properly or not. I wanted a G.skill PI series ram but they are not making it any of them for this motherboard. and when they where, I wasnt looking for them. so if you guys can please tell me if this ram will work with the motherboard and wont cause a lot of problems. and I'm not looking to OC anything so 1333mhz is alright I reckon.
 
PSU
 
I'm thinking about Corsair 750 modular PSU. I have one GTX295 superclocked. I hope that the PSU is enough for GTX295. I'm not sure about it either because it takes lots of power and two power inputs. but I've heard that the Corsair 750 have the right power connections. do you guys reckon it will be enough?
 
I hope that you guys from your hands on experience of this motherboard + RAM + PSU can advice me best and help me choose the right products. and kindly include the link of RAM or PSU which you suggest because I've found it difficult to locate things for this motherboard. thanks in advance for your help. and please ignore the errors in post I'm at work and need to be quick before my manager comes. cheers!
 

Hello Jeffrey,
 
Thanks for the quick reply. and a warm welcome. cheer for that.
 
The PSU I'm talking about is http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164950
 
If I have to OC the CPU to 1600mhz then why not get the RAM which correspondents to the same speed as well. there was a corsair 1600mhz RAM which is on the compatibility list of 790i but I cant remember. I'm sure that I've heard of it as well. maybe you know what I'm talking about.
 
Do you reckon that the PSU will do the job?
 
Thanks for the reply and for your help. cheers!
 

JeffreyHam

Welcome to the Forum.

I would not recommend trying to run that RAM you linked....it is only 1.6v and the 790i "wants" 1.7v-2.0v modules to run properly. I looked at all the RAM available at that site and only found one model that I would even consider purchasing, if it were me: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/234965 you would have to buy 2 sticks since, they do not have a 4GB kit of them. IMHO, to get the most out of your GTX 295, you will want to OC your CPU to at least 1600MHz. 

What is the model number of the PSU that you are interested in? So, I can look up it's spex. 

Do you have any other sites that you can shop from??? I would like to try and find you some Patriot RAM, if possible. 
  

Yes, that PSU should be just fine for running 1- GTX 295 and the rest of your components.
 
That RAM I linked for you is 1600MHz RAM and is the proper voltage required by the board. That compatability list is waaay out of date now. EDIT: The RAM that bob linked for you is the exact model that I am running and if you can find it, that would be your best bet. BTW, what CPU are you going to be running??

You better jump on that Patriot RAM ASAP....I LOVE mine!!! I'll go lookup that CPU now and post on it.
 
EDIT: That CPU appears to be almost identical to a Q9650 so, I would think that it would have no trouble at all running at 1600MHz.

It all depends on how far you intend to push the Overclock on the CPU.  While it is not required, I prefer to run my memory clocks linked and synced.  In my case, that means that the memory has to be capable of running 1800 stable on a 450 bus.  Figure out how fast you would like to push your CPU and decide how fast the memory needs to be to achieve that.  If you have the cooling, and the patience, you should be able to get close to 4ghz with most chips.
 
I have had great success with Patriot and Mushkin ram but would not rule out antything except OCZ.  I have no problem with OCZ memory but this board does not seem to like OCZ very much.

Yeah they're definately compatible..JeffreyHam uses them (as in post #5) and I use the older (but the same) puke-green N (for NVIDIA chipset) version of them.

I remembered my account password today so I thought I'd post from my old account. just to clear the confusion. cheers
 

newuserofevga

Its not the right forum but can you guys tell me if I get a Blu ray drive then will it play the new 3d movies as well? sorry about the odd question. cheers

try to keep your questions and what not on the same user name, saves confusion that way. your in good hands with these guys as they have been through the wars.

Thanks jeffrey for your time to dig out all the info for me. I appreciate your help. and of others as well. and my apologies in the delay in replying. talk to you soon. thanks for helping me guys. cheers.

Got the RAM. and it looks very sexy! or seductive perhaps. I hope the moderators wont mind me saying that. next is the 184 quid mobile phone bill and then PSU next week or after that. V.A.T increase is draining the blood at the moment. anyway, what do you guys reckon I should get, Corsair HX750W or Corsair HX850W?
I also got my Corsair 600T case today! its also very, well you know what I mean. have a great weekend and I hope that you guys will give some input about the PSU. thanks in advance. cheers.
 

Cheers for that jeffrey. I was also thinking about HX850w PSU that I might need some upgrade of some kind and then don't want to spend more money. a sensible thing to do. and thanks for backing it up. I'll get the HX850w after I've paid my mobile bill. thanks for your help. cheers.

Its about time to revive this post of mine. and I'm in need of some input on the Bios update. I hope you guys will input again as before.
 
I'll quickly list the parts that I currently have.
 
Evga 790i SLi FTW Digital PWM
Intel QX9650 (stock)
Patriot 2x2 PVS34G1600LLK
GTX 460 2GB in SLi
Corsair H70
LG Blu ray
Western Digital 640GB
 
I haven't changed any settings on anything. motherboard is on default to the best of my knowledge because I took it out of the box and put everything together and that's it. working great almost a month. no complaints at all.
 
I've just gotten off the phone, speaking to an Evga tech support about the bios update, it seems that DZ19 is the latest and greatest at the moment. now I've never update bios and before I do that I want your input to make the procedure fail safe. and that I do it right. if you guys are using the same bios kindly input and let me know so I can update in a few hours time. I plan to update after 3 or 4 hours and wait till I get some input on this bios and get some tips. I've been told just to follow the instructions on the bios download page and it will work like a charm. hopefully.
 
Your input is appreciated and I hope you guys will help me sort this out quickly. have a nice weekend everybody. cheers
 

Cheers for the reply jhatc1.
 
I just checked and its I790DZ13. so you reckon I should update it to DZ19? because I burned the DZ19 onto a disk and wanted to make sure that I have some input on this matter before I update it. so thanks for the reply and now I'd like to have a suggestion that go ahead and do it or not? I reckon DZ18 is not available for download since the release of DZ19. and I don't want to download anything from third party website.
 
Let me know if I should update the bios and if not and stick with DZ13, why? I've heard that new bios updates and fixes issues like temps and all that. I hope you guys will input soon because I want to get this over and done with this evening so I can play some games lol. your input is much appreciated. cheers
 
P.S. found the DZ18. and now have the choice between DZ18 and 19. which one?

IMHO, DZ13 is a pretty old BIOS version, so I would definitely flash to a more current version.  I would flash to the latest version which is DZ19, and if I encountered problems, then I would flash to DZ18.

I've successfully updated the bios to DZ19. followed the procedure mentioned on the bios page and it all went smoothly. loaded the default Bios and it worked fine. now, tomorrow hopefully I'll post the template of the Bios and with your help try to tweak the Bios and overclock the CPU to 4ghz which is currently at stock 3ghz. thanks again for your input again and its much needed tomorrow when I post the template. I appreciate your input. have a nice weekend. cheers