ram-motherboard compatability question

[jonesmaster]

First build, friend basically picked the parts.

He recommended this ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146950
and this motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131517

and Im putting it together and reading the manual and it says pc3200 standard. Does that mean pc3200 is the only frequency ram this MB can use?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, Im new to this.
thanks

 

[Ricemarine]

no, pc3200 is the default speed the motherboard runs on...

raising the FSB would increase the mhz that the ram runs on.

 

[jonesmaster]

so is it something I can adjust in the bios or do I have to like overclock the frontsideboard to get this ram to work?

Should I just return the ram or is this something fairly easy to do?

or i am just freaking out for no reason and i can just plug it in like I was planning to before i got all paranoid?

 

[Ricemarine]

You're just freakin out for no reason.

It is adjustable in the bios, pc3200 is the default speed... So you don't have to make any modifications in the bios.
But you can raise the fsb to overclock it.

 

[jonesmaster]

hey thanks a ton, ive got the computer 80% built and in pieces and I was about to RMA the ram.

phew.