Memory Standard???

thisismyusername001 · April 1st, 2008

Thanks in advance for anyone who decides to help me on this. Every motherboard has a memory standard, and the board I'm looking at says DDR3 2000(OC)/1800(OC)/1333. I cannot afford DDR3 RAM. Do I need to consider a different board, or will DDR2 suffice?

Stormcrow · April 1st, 2008

DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 are completely incompatible with each other. Since that board uses DDR3, you'll have to go with a DDR2 based board. X38, 780i, 750i, and P35 are good choices for DDR2 based boards. Sometimes you can find a hybrid board, one that has both DDR2 and DDR3 slots, but these usually under perform with DDR3 and are limited in the amount you can use.

garetjax · April 1st, 2008

What board are you looking at that takes DDR3? Are there compelling reasons that you must have this particular DDR3 motherboard?

Boy'nBlack · May 4th, 2008

DDR3 can be had for $100 (1G x 2) while DDR2 is about $75 and some rebates. It's not ultra expensive. Really only the upper tier is ultra expensive...as expected really.

Here's some CAS7 for $86 after rebates and shipping

So reconsider it?

Tech Geek Deluxe · May 4th, 2008

That ram will get you into a DDR3 Board ... no problem.

April 1st, 2008	#1
thisismyusername001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7	Memory Standard??? Thanks in advance for anyone who decides to help me on this. Every motherboard has a memory standard, and the board I'm looking at says DDR3 2000(OC)/1800(OC)/1333. I cannot afford DDR3 RAM. Do I need to consider a different board, or will DDR2 suffice?

April 1st, 2008	#2
Stormcrow HL's Technomancer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Frozen North Posts: 1,168 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Memory Standard??? DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 are completely incompatible with each other. Since that board uses DDR3, you'll have to go with a DDR2 based board. X38, 780i, 750i, and P35 are good choices for DDR2 based boards. Sometimes you can find a hybrid board, one that has both DDR2 and DDR3 slots, but these usually under perform with DDR3 and are limited in the amount you can use. Last edited by Stormcrow; April 1st, 2008 at 18:28.

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garetjax Audentes Fortuna Juvat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere south of sanity Posts: 1,543	Re: Memory Standard??? What board are you looking at that takes DDR3? Are there compelling reasons that you must have this particular DDR3 motherboard? Last edited by garetjax; April 1st, 2008 at 18:34.

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Boy'nBlack F Ucn rd dis U mst uzUNIX Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 493 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Memory Standard??? DDR3 can be had for $100 (1G x 2) while DDR2 is about $75 and some rebates. It's not ultra expensive. Really only the upper tier is ultra expensive...as expected really. Here's some CAS7 for $86 after rebates and shipping So reconsider it?

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