Is an intel celeron e3300 compatible with 1333mhz ddr3 memory?

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It's not your CPU, it's your motherboard that determines memory compatibility with a processor that old. LGA775 boards with DDR3 support did not have high speed support out of the box, with 800MHz and 1066MHz being the only supported speeds I believe, though in theory your RAM should slow down to the speed the board supports.

What might be your problem is the size of the memory stick. You'll have to check your motherboard's manual to determine what the maximum size of stick it supports is. With an older board like that you might cap out at a 2GB or 4GB maximum for each stick, and 8GB sticks are pretty much guaranteed to not work at all.
 
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I was thinking the same thing about slower speeds. The highest speed board I could find was a 1333Mhz board. I have an old 1156 board and it slowed my memory down, so I'm not sure.
 
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It's an asrock g41m-ge3, I know it says 1333mhz max but I've read on other thread's that 1600mhz ram would just be downclocked automatically, I have 1600mhz (4x2gb) non-ecc single sided ram but my computer wont boot
The ram is sk hynix hmt425u6afr6c 123800 pc3 ddr3 1600 single sided

I assume it's a memory issue because without any ram installed my computer stays on continously, but with the ram installed it shuts down after a few seconds and tries to reboot but shutdown again and repeats, I tried resetting cmos but that did nothing, so I assume it's because I'm using 1600mhz memory



 
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Okay, your problem is that your board will only support 4GB sticks if they are Dual Sided sticks with 16 memory chips on them. The biggest single sided stick it will take is 2GB. You can view more about the memory specifications it will accept here. You can also check the Memory QVL on that site to try to find sticks certified for your board, but they're probably out of production at this point.

Bottom line is if you want to get 8GB of RAM on your board, you're going to either need to get four 2GB sticks, or find double sided 4GB sticks for it to work.
 
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Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots*
- Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB**

*Before you install memory module on this motherboard, please read below message to avoid any improper installation:

» Due to chipset limitation, if you plan to install three or four memory modules on this motherboard, please install only single-sided memory modules.
» To install two memory modules on this motherboard, please install them on DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1 DIMM sockets.

For the detailed installation information, please refer to the user manual or quick installation guide.

**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

***In order to maximize the system memory, please install 4GB memory module with 16 cells or 2GB memory modules with at least 8 cells.

A 16 cell stick is dual sides, and therefore it's a memory incompatibility issue.
 
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I must have said it wrong, I am using 4 2gb sticks
 
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Each of my 2gb memory sticks have only 4 cells on them (I assume cells are those black things), so I guess that's the problem?
 
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Yes that might be it, the memory controller can only support chips up to a certain size, and the spec does call for 8 cells single sided for 2GB support.
 
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Thanks for your help, I guess its going to be pain finding compatible ram for this motherboard
 
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