New mobo + old ram question

[juicedupchaos]

Hey well I have 5 gigs of ram that I dont feel like throwing away, i was just wondering, this gigabyte mobo i want supports DDR2 1066, and my current ram is DDR2 667... heres the link for the mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

thanks

 

[KevinLeigh22]

It only has 4 slots, so as long as you fill it up homogeneously (all 667's, no 800/667 mismatching), I think its possible to clock them to 800. I wouldn't recommend any higher for RAM that runs at 667 in stock speeds. 1066 isn't necessary anyway, unless you have a QX9650 (and even then, its only to keep up with the CPU's FSB).

I cannot guarantee this as i've never used Gigabyte motherboards for overclocking RAM.

 

[juicedupchaos]

Wasn't planning to overclock the ram...

 

[KevinLeigh22]

Oh alright, no reason why it shouldn't work then.
So long as your processor's FSB isn't super high or anything.

 

[juicedupchaos]

The processor's FSB is 1333MHz.

 

[KevinLeigh22]

Then it might bottleneck it, maybe - I don't know the proper calculations for determining whether its optimal or not (ask A True Folder)

 

[worshipme]

Hey well I have 5 gigs of ram that I dont feel like throwing away, i was just wondering, this gigabyte mobo i want supports DDR2 1066, and my current ram is DDR2 667... heres the link for the mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

thanks

DDR2 1066 is the maximum speed RAM the motherboard can take. And 667 will not bottleneck, it's actually the optimal speed to use with a 1333MHz FSB (the RAM will run at 667MHz with a 1:1 ratio) so unless you'll be overclocking, you'll be fine.