RAM and Motherboard compatibility

[vagabond66]

I was wondering how important the memory is so far as compatibility with the motherboard. I don't know much about RAM and how the different specs associated with it effect how well it works with your specific mobo. I am planning on installing a Foxconn a7da-s 3.0 am3 amd 790gx in my new computer and don't have a clue how to pick out RAM for it. All I know is that I will want DDR3 1300 RAM, but there are voltage numbers, latency numbers, and another speed number that looks something like PC10600(there seems to be about 6 different choices of this spec for DDR3 1300mhz RAM). Unfortunately the compatibility charts for AM3 socket mobos seems to be not much help. There are only about 10 choices on the chart for that motherboard and none are available and barely any are of a decent speed.

Any help would be much appreciated with this.

 

[vagabond66]

I've found some RAM thatll run at 1333mhz(which I would imagine the mobo would run fine, if I remember correctly 1300 would be max speed and anything over that is RAM that comes overclocked) at 1.5v. Still not sure though what to look for to make sure itll actually work with the mobo.

 

[vagabond66]

Think I'm just going to try this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146740