What motherboard for DDR2 1000 ram?

[Flack]

Hey all,

I've been out of the loop for quite some time now, and all the new info is quite overwhelming.

I jumped on the Crucial Ballistix DDR2 1000 ram that had the rebate on newegg:
Crucial Ballistix Ram

I was reading (I think too much) of how all these mobo's have problems with all sorts of ram, and need advice on what motherboard to buy.

I plan to buy the e6600 duo core, and no OC'ing for me (or maybe just a little bit).

I read how some people use old ddr2 ram to change the voltage setting for the new ram to work, but I have no old ddr2 ram.

I was hoping everything would work by just plug and play.

After all my reading, this is the motherboard I found:
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard...

But let me know what you guys would do.

Thanks so much in advance,

Flack

 

[trOver]

i was planning on getting that mobo, but only running 800mhz ram on it. ive heard its greeeaatt for oc'ing, so i assume ur 1ghz ram will be fine

 

[Flack]

Well, this is indeed non-SLI ram (which sucks for me).

Does that mean that there is a 100% chance I will need any old stick of DDR2 ram to change the voltage settings?... which I do not have.

Thanks for the info!

Tom

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Flack
Well, this is indeed non-SLI ram (which sucks for me).

Does that mean that there is a 100% chance I will need any old stick of DDR2 ram to change the voltage settings?... which I do not have.

Thanks for the info!

Tom

SDRAM Video Card/Chipset certification is Snake Oil.... Many JEDEC members are Certified, and they just don't make it into a marketing blitz.

Any JEDEC member SDRAM at similar timings will work and be compatable.... at whatever the given voltage to get stability.


Check out this thread.... the OP has a 680i .... ask him about if his would post at stock ....



http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1966035&enterthread=y

 

[TBSN]

I have a similar problem; I don't know if my RAM will work with an eVGA 680i mobo right out of the box. I think it is insane that you're supposed to have 'old' ram sitting around just to turn your system on...

 

[The-Noid]

everything works with the EVGA at stock. It clocks ram at 1.9v default. You would need to get incredibly high timings to not have it post. My OCZ Platinums that were 4-5-4-15 @ 500 mhz still posted fine. Don't ask me why OCZ did that for the SPD though.