Building a 939 Shuttle, is it worth it to get DDR433 RAM?

[TruePaige]

I know normally that if your motherboard doesn't support a high ram speed it just falls back to the highest supported.

But I don't think I've ever seen a motherboard list DDR433 as it's supported speed.

Does it run at 433 or will it just fall back to 400 mhz?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Fallen Kell]

It will run automatically at whatever the "SPD" setting is programmed into the RAM unless you manually override that setting. I don't think there is much point in getting that RAM if you are putting it in a small form factor case like a Shuttle, since you will not be able to cool the system well enough to do any real overclocking. Just get DDR 3200 and use the extra cash on a better video card.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
It will run automatically at whatever the "SPD" setting is programmed into the RAM unless you manually override that setting. I don't think there is much point in getting that RAM if you are putting it in a small form factor case like a Shuttle, since you will not be able to cool the system well enough to do any real overclocking. Just get DDR 3200 and use the extra cash on a better video card.

Thanks a bunch for the advice! =)