- Joined
- Sep 5, 2005
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
My System:
Motherboard: Asus P4PB 400-FL
Chipset: VIA Apollo P4X 400
Processor: Intel P4-2.4 Northwood
Memory: 2x 512 Mb PC2700 (333MHz) DDR
Part 1.
I want to upgrade to PC3200 (400MHz) DDR.
Here's what my motherboard manual says about memory:
"Supports up to 3GB of 2.5v DDR 400 (Limited) / 333 / 266 SDRAM (PC 3200 / PC 2700 / PC 2100)"
Under "DDR 400 (Limited)", I don't know what they mean by "Limited".
The manual say's nothing more about it.
I'm not interested in overclocking my memory, I just want to get a good, stable, 1 gig stick of 400MHz (3200).
But I need to know that it is going to work in my motherboard before I shell out over $100.00 bucks for it.
If It does work, I'm instantly going to get another 1 gig stick, but I thought I would start with 1 stick, just to be sure.
Question 1.
I wonder what they mean by "Limited"?
Part 2.
The memory is sold in these flavors:
DDR RAM (I would guess this is what I'm running)
Dual Channel (This is what I would LIKE to run?)
DDR2 RAM (This is NEWER tech, no go for me?)
My manual say's nothing about "Dual Channel".
Question 2.
Would dual channel memory work in a non-dual channel motherboard?
Would it just revert to single channel, if the motherboard don't support dual channel?
Or would it work at all?
Bottom Line:
I want to upgrade from 2x 512mb (1 gig) of DDR 333 (PC 2700), to 2x 1 gig (2 gigs) of DDR 400 (PC 3200).
But I don't want to get stuck with something that won't work (Dual Channel?).
What should I do, and which way should I go?
Motherboard: Asus P4PB 400-FL
Chipset: VIA Apollo P4X 400
Processor: Intel P4-2.4 Northwood
Memory: 2x 512 Mb PC2700 (333MHz) DDR
Part 1.
I want to upgrade to PC3200 (400MHz) DDR.
Here's what my motherboard manual says about memory:
"Supports up to 3GB of 2.5v DDR 400 (Limited) / 333 / 266 SDRAM (PC 3200 / PC 2700 / PC 2100)"
Under "DDR 400 (Limited)", I don't know what they mean by "Limited".
The manual say's nothing more about it.
I'm not interested in overclocking my memory, I just want to get a good, stable, 1 gig stick of 400MHz (3200).
But I need to know that it is going to work in my motherboard before I shell out over $100.00 bucks for it.
If It does work, I'm instantly going to get another 1 gig stick, but I thought I would start with 1 stick, just to be sure.
Question 1.
I wonder what they mean by "Limited"?
Part 2.
The memory is sold in these flavors:
DDR RAM (I would guess this is what I'm running)
Dual Channel (This is what I would LIKE to run?)
DDR2 RAM (This is NEWER tech, no go for me?)
My manual say's nothing about "Dual Channel".
Question 2.
Would dual channel memory work in a non-dual channel motherboard?
Would it just revert to single channel, if the motherboard don't support dual channel?
Or would it work at all?
Bottom Line:
I want to upgrade from 2x 512mb (1 gig) of DDR 333 (PC 2700), to 2x 1 gig (2 gigs) of DDR 400 (PC 3200).
But I don't want to get stuck with something that won't work (Dual Channel?).
What should I do, and which way should I go?
