Is it ok to put DDR2-800 in a DDR2-667 rated motherboard? And why?

[Oddzball]

Will this not cause any issues? I suppose the memory would just clock lower, unless you are overclocking, then I geuss it would end up letting you clock higher in the first place. But since AM2 processors have an onboard memory controller I thought memory speed was less important for AM2 anyway.

 

[jhh979s]

If you put DDR2-800 in a DDR2-667 motherboard it will run at 667 and should not have any issues. Just learned this in class this week.

 

[Oddzball]

right, but why would you? Is there sny benifit? Especially when you look at the price of DDR2 667 being cheaper.

 

[hans007]

conceivably, you could run it at ddr2-667 at higher timings. ddr2-800 5-5-5 will probably run ddr2-667 4-4-4.

 

[imported_lavalamp]

Well, when the RAM runs at a lower frequency, you can tighten the latencies.