Hi, i am new here but i have a problem. My bios displays this message as my ram information 1024mb/266Mhz(DDR2533) Can i use a 2gb DDR2 ram with 800MHz?
Hi, this is the info on my system 1. LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Dual Core Wolfdale processors 2. Intel® 945GC A2 Chipset * Compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs except Quad Core * Supports Dual Channel DDR2 667/533 x 2 DIMM slots with max. capacity up to 4GB * Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, DirectX 9.0 and Max. shared memory 224MB * 1 x PCI Express x16 slot * Hybrid Booster - Safe Overclocking Technology * Untied Overclocking : During overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses * 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, 10/100 Ethernet LAN * Windows® Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready
if you buy a 2gb stick of 800mhz ram, it will automatically be clocked down to the maximum your board supports which is 667mhz and it will also run in single channel config. so you are best getting two 2gb sticks of 667mz ram and installing them in dual channel configuration. dual channel the cpu can request twice the bandwidth.
I'd recommend G.Skill RAM if you can get it. For me, it's consistently been the best for the price, performance and reliability.
I have nothing but good things to say about G.Skill as well. I had to RMA one set, but they shipped a replacement asap.
