[SOLVED] DDR 400Mhz compatability with 333/266

NTeyeball · 05-25-2009, 08:45 PM

Hey all,

Trying to upgrade an older system a wee bit....

Its a Hallmark Viewmaster (au) fitted with a Gigabyte GA 8SIMLH motherboard, Intel Pentium4 CPU. 1x 512Mb RAM, Win XP home sp2 2002.

(http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=1837)
The specs for this board say
"Enhance system performance with DDR 333 memory"
and will work with DDR333/266/200.

Upon trying to purchase a 1x 1Gb stick I am told only DDR400 available.
Asking around, some say the system will slow it down to match.... others say some boards won't support DDR400

Can anyone clarify please?
I don't want to purchase and find it don't work. (no refund on opened goods)

NT.

Mcninjaguy · 05-25-2009, 09:08 PM

I would not purchase the 400mhz ram just in case it doesn't work. You never know some motherboards will downclock the ram other just won't work.

NTeyeball · 05-25-2009, 10:40 PM

Thnx for that,

I found some DDR333 online, but it will take more than a week to get here....lol.
I'll see what happens.

NT

05-25-2009, 08:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
NTeyeball Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NT.Australia Posts: 49 OS: Vista Basic, XP Home SP3, Win98se	[SOLVED] DDR 400Mhz compatability with 333/266 Hey all, Trying to upgrade an older system a wee bit.... Its a Hallmark Viewmaster (au) fitted with a Gigabyte GA 8SIMLH motherboard, Intel Pentium4 CPU. 1x 512Mb RAM, Win XP home sp2 2002. (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=1837) The specs for this board say "Enhance system performance with DDR 333 memory" and will work with DDR333/266/200. Upon trying to purchase a 1x 1Gb stick I am told only DDR400 available. Asking around, some say the system will slow it down to match.... others say some boards won't support DDR400 Can anyone clarify please? I don't want to purchase and find it don't work. (no refund on opened goods) NT.

05-25-2009, 09:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: DDR 400Mhz compatability with 333/266 I would not purchase the 400mhz ram just in case it doesn't work. You never know some motherboards will downclock the ram other just won't work.

05-25-2009, 10:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
NTeyeball Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NT.Australia Posts: 49 OS: Vista Basic, XP Home SP3, Win98se	Re: DDR 400Mhz compatability with 333/266 Thnx for that, I found some DDR333 online, but it will take more than a week to get here....lol. I'll see what happens. NT