Memory compatibility

[trkraus]

Hi,
I am holding off on a new computer for a little bit but in the meanwhile I was wondering if I could upgrade the memory on my current Dell. In Everest, it says that the supported memory types for my motherboard are DDR2-400 SDRAM, DDR2-533 SDRAM, DDR2-667 SDRAM, and the max memory amount is 4GB. If I were to buy 4GB (2x 2GB sticks) of either DDR2 800 or 1066 Ram, would they be able to work at 667 or would the computer not boot?

I also realize that I am on a 32-bit OS so not all of the memory would be recognized.

Thanks for your help.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Faster DDR2 will likely work, but you need to make certain that it is teh right voltage. You should pick out 1.8v memory, probably that operates at 5-5-5-15 timings.