Memory question

[Kdiver58]

I went to Crucials web site and plugged in my motherboard and for the best it lists pc-5300 as the best for my computer. I put pc-6400 (DDR2-800) will it be faster at all or did I just waste my money?

my motherboard is a ECS P4M890T-M2 (V1.0B

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Produc...6&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=44&LanID=9

 

[AstroGuardian]

No significant difference except in gaming (memory intensive games i.e. Battlefield 2)

 

[Roguestar]

No difference at all unless you are overclocking your CPU. The faster RAM will run in synch with your FSB by default and there'll be no difference between getting 5300 and 6400.

 

[engiNURD]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
No difference at all unless you are overclocking your CPU. The faster RAM will run in synch with your FSB by default and there'll be no difference between getting 5300 and 6400.

Unless your board has a DRAM multiplier and you set it so your ram runs at DDR2-800 speed while your CPU is using the same 266Mhz base FSB.