Which mobo accepts cheap Centon PC2700 (DDR333) memory???

[vvrok]

Simple question: this week Circuit City has a sale on cheap Centon PC2700 (DDR333) memory. What quality motherboards (Asus or other) will accept Centon PC2700? A7V8X-X? A7V600? Anybody using Centon, what is your experience?

 

[vvrok]

Nbody using Centon sticks? I know it might be trivial, but I heard some mobos don't like non-brand memory.

 

[Tom]

Centon is a reseller, they sell modules made by different companies. I have one with Elixir chips, it runs at pc2700 as advertised but doesn't overclock much.

 

[Peter]

Well, as long as the stuff is up to its own specification and works OK, the mainboard won't care much about the brand sticker on it.

www.memtest86.com

 

[vvrok]

Thanks. Another newbie question:

The specs for A7V8X-X on Asus website say that the mobo will accept PC2700 Max to 4 banks only. What does Max to 4 banks only mean?

 

[Peter]

They probably mean ranks. This means that at PC2700 speed (166 MHz DDR), you may populate up to four DIMM _sides_. Single sided DIMMs have one rank, double sided ones have two.