Clarification please?

[sincraft]

K all,
I purchased 2 gigs (1 gig x 2) of Patriot memory that is pc3200 400mhz ddr (not ddr2)...
Recently I saw an ad for DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) for the same money.

Mistake?

I was under the impression that AMD systems (asus a8n-e mobo) should run the ddr stuff that I purchased...

Please clarify the difference in short

thanks

 

[linux_0]

K all,
I purchased 2 gigs (1 gig x 2) of Patriot memory that is pc3200 400mhz ddr (not ddr2)...
Recently I saw an ad for DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) for the same money.

Mistake?

I was under the impression that AMD systems (asus a8n-e mobo) should run the ddr stuff that I purchased...

Please clarify the difference in short

thanks

Socket 939 and socket 940 use DDR SDRAM NOT DDR2 SDRAM

AM2 is switching to a new socket ( AM2 ) in 13days which does support DDR2 however current socket 939 and socket 940 boards do not and will not.

The only exception are the ASRoc boards with a special AM2 upgrade slot. The upgrade card will hold the AM2 CPU and DDR2 together. Since AMDs have an onboard memory controller the RAM used must match the onboard memory controller on the CPU die.

You cannot combine S939 or S940 with DDR2. Also you cannot combine AM2 with DDR.