Dear gurus,
I'm considering finally upgrading my current setup (P4 Northwood 2.8@3.4, 4*256 DDR400 Kingston HyperX, X850pro). I read about Asrock 775Dual-VSTA motherboard, and that seemed to solve all my problems! Now jump to Conroe, and wait half a year to get Vista, DX10 card, DDR2 memory when it is cheaper, and of course a new mobo (yes, PSU and other bells and whistles yes). But... I realised I have 4*DDR400, and that just does not fit to that Asrock...
Are there any other mobos with backward compatibility that would fit 4 DDRs? Overclockability is not an issue in this phase, I think 6600 would be an improvement with stock speed already.
Basically getting 2*1gig DDR2 to the Asrock would not be a huge problem, but I've understood new mobos are somewhat picky with the memory brands, and if I happen to now screw up with that, the choice of getting "the best" motherboard in the future may be ruled out? Or what's your thought?
Thanks for sharing any ideas!
I'm considering finally upgrading my current setup (P4 Northwood 2.8@3.4, 4*256 DDR400 Kingston HyperX, X850pro). I read about Asrock 775Dual-VSTA motherboard, and that seemed to solve all my problems! Now jump to Conroe, and wait half a year to get Vista, DX10 card, DDR2 memory when it is cheaper, and of course a new mobo (yes, PSU and other bells and whistles yes). But... I realised I have 4*DDR400, and that just does not fit to that Asrock...
Are there any other mobos with backward compatibility that would fit 4 DDRs? Overclockability is not an issue in this phase, I think 6600 would be an improvement with stock speed already.
Basically getting 2*1gig DDR2 to the Asrock would not be a huge problem, but I've understood new mobos are somewhat picky with the memory brands, and if I happen to now screw up with that, the choice of getting "the best" motherboard in the future may be ruled out? Or what's your thought?
Thanks for sharing any ideas!