Noob Ram Question...

[mOeeOm]

Say you have a mobo that supports up to pc2700 ram, and you try to put in a pc3200..will the RAM revert back to pc2700 or just not work at all?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
Say you have a mobo that supports up to pc2700 ram, and you try to put in a pc3200..will the RAM revert back to pc2700 or just not work at all?

PC3200 is backwards compatible.

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
Say you have a mobo that supports up to pc2700 ram, and you try to put in a pc3200..will the RAM revert back to pc2700 or just not work at all?

PC3200 is backwards compatible.

So it will stay at pc3200 even in a mobo that supports only 2700?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

It will run at PC2700 if that's what all motherboard supports. It's all based on the bus speed.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
So it will stay at pc3200 even in a mobo that supports only 2700?

I didn't say that. It will run at PC2700 even though it's PC3200. You can't get around your MBs limits.

 

[mOeeOm]

Ahh kk thnx guys.

 

[Blain]

You want to make sure you buy PC3200 that's supported (density), by your MB chipset.
If you're running a non-Intel based MB, you should be safe with just about any PC3200 out there.