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Will a mobo that supports PC2100 support PC3000??

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WeaponX

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I'm sorta confused. I was intially planning to buy a 512 stick of Mushkin Hi Performance PC2100 RAM. But I was told to go buy PC3000 RAM instead. But will my motherboard support PC3000? If so, how? I don't get it.
 
PC2700-3000-3200 will run in any PC2100 DDR board. The only difference is the rated fsb.

For example:
PC2100 =133fsb X 2 = 266mhz
PC2700 =166fsb X 2 = 333mhz
PC3000 =180fsb X 2 = 360mhz
PC3200 =200fsb X 2 = 400mhz

Remember that DDR is double data rate, that means that info is passed along the high and the low arc of the ram frequency. Thus the "X 2."

PC3000 will "run" in your board but it "may" not reach its fsb rating due to the chipset of your mobo or all around overclockability of it.

My board is a PC2100 board but I run PC3200, see my sig. But my mobo will let me reach a speed of 177fsb. I am not reaching my ram rating but it is a far cry from 133fsb. I hope this helps. krag
 
Get the Hi Perf. It can be OC'ed to PC3200@CAS 2-3-3 1T


High performance what? Corsair, Crucial, Kingmax, Samsung? I am interested cause I am not all that happy with my ram at the moment.
 
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