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AKM880   05-10-2009 at 01:42:56 AM

I just returned the Athlon 5200+ due to motherboard problems and incompatiblity, I guess you can call it that :lol: . Well before I purchase another CPU, I plan to run the original Sepron for a little while. I bought some Crucial Rendition PC-6400 800MHZ 1GB RAM for the Athlon 5200+, but now I am afraid it might not work with the original Sepron.

In the NCIX website, it shows the Sepron AM2 architechure and states that it has a memory controller for 667MHZ, 533MHZ, 400MHZ, DDR2 RAM. Not the 800MHZ Ram, therefore I am asking this question.

CPU (Original CPU)
AMD Sepron Manila 3400+ 1.8Ghz 90nm Socket AM2 L1 Cache = 128KB, L2 = 256KB
http://secure.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26031

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148239

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rolli59   05-10-2009 at 03:08:00 AM
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Higher clocked ram usually has no problems running at lower speeds.

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AKM880   05-10-2009 at 04:09:48 AM
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Thank you, so it'll clock to the DDR2 667 speed? Also can you run any RAM in dual channel? My motherboard supports it. And if I get the exact same ram will it work?

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rolli59   05-10-2009 at 04:21:13 AM
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Should work with no problems. Even two different speed ram should run dual channel at the lower clock rate.

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AKM880   05-10-2009 at 05:00:20 AM
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Thanks, sorry for the questions lol, is dual channel faster than single channel config.

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rolli59   05-10-2009 at 05:14:56 AM
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but you would need to benchmark it to notice the difference it is nothing that you will notice with your bare eyes.

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AKM880   05-10-2009 at 07:04:10 AM
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Thanks for your help! It works flawlessy, I can't even notice a difference.

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