Question about Mobo and Ram

[poorplay]

Hi, I plan on getting the ASUS Rampage Extreme mobo with DDR2 Ram. But the mobo standard memory is DDR3. So my question is; will my DDR2 memory work withe the Mobo? Thanks

 

[rockbyter]

nope. ddr, ddr2, ddr3 are different altogether. shop for ddr3 or a different motherboard.

 

[Crashman]

No

 

[huron]

Absolutely not.

There are some boards that are DDR2 and DDR3, but they are not interchangeable.

 

[poorplay]

Thanks for the advice. I wasn't sure because the mobo is 240pin and the ram was also 240pin but it was DDR3.

 

[Crashman]

The key is in a different place to prevent the wrong type of RAM from being inserted. This is necessary because the signal and voltage pins are also different.