underclock RAM?

[Nick_Black]

hey, I was wondering if a motherboard is only capable of handling 533Mhz RAM
but your stick's are rated 667Mhz, are they then still compatible with eachother?

[slytherock]

Supposed to.
The Mobo limit the frequency, so might work, but wont get the best out of the ram

[.Maleficus.]

Yep, it will just underclock it to what it can handle.

[Greco101]

wouldn't the ram default itself to the mobos max potential?

[.Maleficus.]

wouldn't the ram default itself to the mobos max potential?
Yep, that's what I meant. It will set the RAM to the highest the mobo can handle.

[Twigsoffury]

Depends on the Mainboards Vendor.


Use CPU-Z (http://http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-140.zip) To find out your Modules minimum and maxiumum Bus speed/Latency.

[Drum Thumper]

CPU-Z is a great utility.

And yes, a very high percentage of motherboards and RAM are backwards compatible. Case in point (no pun intended!), my PIII Fileserver maxes out at PC100 and I've got 3 sticks of PC133 in there. It automatically underclocks.