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chrisace89   03-25-2007 at 01:49:50 AM

it says that the memory standered is DDR2 800 memory will this memory work with this motherboard or does it have to be DDR2 800. do you guys recoment 800 over 667?

Motherboard $123
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128012


Memory
PNY 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820178134

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Mondoman   03-25-2007 at 03:39:25 AM
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It should work fine. Faster memory can always be run more slowly. A MB that can run memory at a certain speed can run it at slower speeds, too.

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lostandwandering   03-25-2007 at 06:25:04 AM
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It will work. 800 and higher are considered overclockers RAM. If you don't plan on doing any heavy OCing then the 667 will be plenty fast. The only time I would consider 800 over 667 (if 800 wasn't needed) is if you could find it for the same price or less than the 667.

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alcattle   03-25-2007 at 10:03:11 AM
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It does matter, but more to which processor you pick and the memory controller you use. AMD use the 800 speed for most CPUs and the C2D will depend on the front side bus speed ratio. So best pick your CPU and ask which speed will work best, at the price you want to spend.

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