Granite Bay with DDR333?

[Shockwave44]

I'm building a new system and I'm looking at getting a Gigabyte GA-8INXP using the E7205 (Granite Bay) chipset. I thought that the E7205 only supported dual channel DDR266, so what happens if I put some dual channel DDR333 in there? Will the system work and just use lower timings for the memory or can it make use of the extra speed? If I went to DDR400 would I get any extra speed? I'm looking at buying this:
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80060-15
It says it's tested for the E7205 so I guess that already really answers my question to whether or not it would work, but will it run at 333 or 266? Also, if I put two pairs of this memory in will the memory run slower then it would if there was only one pair?

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[jlanka]

it will work fine at the slower speeds. Overclocking of course, is always a possibility but not a necessity.

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[Shockwave44]

OK, what about the other part of my question: if I put two pairs of this memory in will the memory run slower then it would if there was only one pair?



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[jlanka]

does the board support dual channel on both pairs?

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[Shockwave44]

I beleave so, it doesn't say that it does or doesn't.
It's here:
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=240726

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[sjonnie]

does the board support dual channel on both pairs?

Yes.

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[sjonnie]

OK, what about the other part of my question: if I put two pairs of this memory in will the memory run slower then it would if there was only one pair?

No.

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