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The motherboard I'm thinking of getting for the MD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition is this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131367

One thing I'm confuse about is the limit for the DDR2 memory it says:

DDR2 1066*/800
*Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ / AM3 CPU for one DIMM per channel only

Would something like this be fine?

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145229

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yes ddr2 cpu only supports 2 sticks ddr3 full 4 banks

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdo [...] i=3506&p=2

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3521

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or you could get a ddr3 setup for around the same money

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131363

1. ASUS M4A79T Deluxe: $199.99

2. Kingston HyperX KHX14400D3K2/2GN: $74.99
ddr3 1800

Combo Discount: -$10.00
Combo Price: $264.98

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.173773
only 2 X 1 gigs opps

Message edited by marco324 on 03-07-2009 at 01:57:45 PM

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ZoddGuts wrote :

DDR2 1066*/800
*Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ / AM3 CPU for one DIMM per channel only

Would something like this be fine?

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)

Yes its fine. What this *note means is that you can only run one module per channel at SPEED of 1066, so with two sticks youre fine. When you add another two in future they will all run at max 800.

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