will 533mhz memory work on a gigabyte ds3l?

nope. will not hurt
you can use it. if you are running a fsb 1066 cpu then 533mhz ram will work right in sync with the cpu.....

i do not recommend 533 ram with any 1333 fsb cpus(XX50 cpus like e6750). This may bottle neck the cpu....so if you want to use 533 try to stick to a 1066 cpu...like the e6600 e6700 ect....the 4xxx(like the 4300 ect) cpus will also have no problems with 533 ram

Last off 533 ram is NOT recommended is you want to overclock....
 

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It should work just fine, boards are typically rated "up to" the numbers stated in the specs.

If you can find some at a decently lower price than DDR2-667 or DDR2-800 then go for it. Although, there's all kinds of deal/sales on right now with DDR2-800, might be worth shopping around a bit.

What processor are you looking at? Q6600? That will work fine with DDR2-533 because the Q6600 is 1066fsb (1:1)

However, if you get any of the 6X50 chips, they are 1333fsb and would prefer some DDR2-667 (to run at 1:1)
 

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You really should post your specs when asking questions. If that is a P35-DS3L with a core2duo or quad, then you will get a trouble free OC to 1333 FSB. This OC requires no increase in voltage, at least with the Q6600, and can be achieved with a lower Vcore in many cases. So, don't buy the 533. At least buy the 667, which will get you the modest OC to 1333.
 
yes
you can use it....being as a e2180 is fsb 800 you will be just fine(hell you have more then you need to run with 1:1 timings :) )....

I do see what you mean. you have nothing to loose by trying....it should work ok....
 
A small piece of mind for you. P35 DS3R(its like the L with raid and more sata. This is still the same chipet...)
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how low can i do? not sure....
 

Zorg

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I'm not saying you should write a novel, but these are the types of things you should put in the OP. Lets see if I got this right, you have an 800FSB CPU e2180 and you want to know if you can run your 533 RAM. Yes, you can run it on auto and your RAM should run at 266 - 533 effective. Or you can run it at 1:1 (setting 2 in MIT) and it will run underclocked at 200 - 400 effective.
 

Crashman

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Don't ask anyone here: Check the manufacturer's list. Early BIOS for most (all?) P35 chipset boards didn't support DDR2-533, even though the ratio is supported for 800 and 1066 bus processors.
 

Are you saying it will or will not work?
 

Zorg

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What Crashman is saying is that the boards will take 667, 800 and 1066 at 533 timings but that the early BIOSs won't accept DDR2 533. You didn't post the SPD tab is that RAM DDR2 533? I think it will work anyway. I wish SuperiorRobot would just take the 5 minutes and install the RAM to put this to bed.
 
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Thats it.....runs at 667 - 4,4,4,10 without problems with a small voltage boost....my spd timings are manual....just because it was easier.....at least for testing 400 and 533 667 and 800 have also been tested with the same sticks....
 

Crashman

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Yeh, it was an SPD issue and I believe many boards had the BIOS patched after the board was released.

A bunch of boards wouldn't even run some of my "DDR2-800" performance RAM because the RAM in question didn't offer any SPD values higher than 533.
 

it proves the board will work...worst case set the SPD(hell set the speed if you have to with the divider of 2) manually...

Your point about nothing over 533 is valid, but has been fixed on almost all boards....
 

Crashman

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Nukemaster, you're missing this completely: Most of the P35 boards I've tested LOOK for SPD values of DDR2-667 or higher and won't boot if those values are not found. Your memory has a DDR2-667 value, so it's not even a factor in this conversation.