DDR800 / 1066Mhz FSB Mobo + 1066Mhz Memory?

[Psi57]

This might be stupid, but...

Say I want to put this memory: Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145043
On this mobo: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813188013

The motherboard specs say its "Memory Standard" is DDR800, but its FSB is 1333/1066 Mhz.

Will the motherboard bottleneck the memory or is the front side bus speed the thing that matters?

 

[GSTe]

The fsb dictates which cpus it can run, it should run 1066 ram though even though it only says it runs DDR800.... if not straight out of the box, then a bios update should sort it out. Ask in the motherboard section, or have a look at the evga website in the bios downloads bit, and see what updates it lists under each bios. Something like 'enhanced memory compatibility' is what you want.

 

[Psi57]

Apparently EVGA or Newegg reads these forums because after I posted this question they changed the description on the "Memory Standard" to say that it supports up to 1200 Mhz

 

[GSTe]