question about using pc2700 ram with newer motherboard

[gramberto]

i am considering upgrading my AMD CPU from 2200+, but I don't want to replace my RAM. What levell of AMD and Motherboard(socket) are compatible with PC2700 ram? I can't find a chart.

 

[Allio]

Any DDR motherboard will work PC2700.

 

[gramberto]

even ddr2? so all the motherboards designed to work with AMD that are better than the Socket A are DDR right? So i can use my ram with any motherboard for an AMD that is better than the one I have?

 

[dab]

The DDR2700 will work, but will be a "bottleneck" in a newer system, as it can only work so fast. You can indeed upgrade you motherboard and cpu to s939 and use it if you're determined to do so.
DDR2 is much different. It is not compatible with DDR slots, nor is it compatible with AMD's socket 939. No worries there.

 

[gramberto]

thanks for your help.


1. So I can use Socket A or Socket 939 with my Pc2700 RAM. What about my AMD 2200+ CPU? Can I use Socket 939 motherboards? Can I use anything other than Socket A?

2. I asked Tigerdirect something similiar and they said for any AMD 64 I have to have atleast PC3200 RAM. is that correct?

3. What motherboards run AMD 64?

4. What motherboards run DD2? I would guess DDR2 works with AMD 64 chips right? Can I use regular DDR with AMD 64 chips? Is it just the motherboard that matters?

 

[Peter]

1. Yes absolutely. The AMD64 processors take anything from PC1600 to PC3200. Socket 754 or 939 is fine, on the latter you want to have a matched pair of DIMMs. These processors derive RAM speed directly from CPU speed, so no inherent other speed losses than the obvious from the lower frequency. Your CPU will of course not move along to a newer platform.

2. Bull. PC1600 to 3200, anything goes. See above.

3. Socket-754 or -939.

4. No DDR2 for AMD until Q3 of this year.

 

[gramberto]

is there a chart anywhere that says what motherboard circuits run which chips and which ram for AMD?

I hate having to ask for each case.

 

[Peter]

As for CPUs, the chart is quite simple: Socket-whatever processors run in socket-whatever mainboards, and nowhere else.

On socket-939 and -754 (the current platforms), any DDR RAM from PC1600 to PC3200 is good. Faster doesn't help unless you'll be overclocking, slower DDR standards don't exist. Socket-939 is a dual-channel platform, and hence wants matching pairs of DIMMs.

On socket-A, the valid combinations between CPU front side bus and RAM bus frequency largely depends on the chipset the mainboard uses - some are wildly flexible, some aren't.

 

[gramberto]

is there a chart taht says what type of AMD chip has what type of socket?

 

[Peter]

It'll be in every single product description you'll be looking at, in anyone's web shop. Your current one is socket-A aka socket-462.