Not sure what RAM to get with this MB and CPU

[khelbena]

OK i was going to purchase a Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 and an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 512K 90nm 939pin Rev. E.

According to the manufacturers website this MB uses Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266/200.

Should i get the PC2-3200 DDR2-400 or is there a better memory to get.

Thanks

Mike

 

[RufusG]

DDR2 is not compatible with DDR

Check carefully which DIMMs you need

DDR2 is not compatible with DDR !

 

[Justin]

That board supports DDR, PC3200 (which is DDR400)

Don't buy DDR-2 as you'll end up having to return it. For that CPU you'll want to get 2 matched sticks of DDR400 for optimum performance. I suggest at least 2 x 512mb. The motherboard manual will specify where to locate the modules for dual channel configuration.

 

[khelbena]

Would this work

Would this Memory type work?

1GB PC3200 DDR400 RAM Dual Channel SPD

 

[Justin]

Yes. However, if that is a single stick, you won't be running in dual channel mode. You'll need two of those if you want to run dual channel.

 

[ChineseTechie]

That board supports DDR, PC3200 (which is DDR400)

Don't buy DDR-2 as you'll end up having to return it. For that CPU you'll want to get 2 matched sticks of DDR400 for optimum performance. I suggest at least 2 x 512mb. The motherboard manual will specify where to locate the modules for dual channel configuration.

Here is a side question. What if I don't have 2 matched sticks, rather one 256 and one 512??