CPU/Mobo Help in buying RAM

[benryu]

I have an Asus M2N28-AM Plus and a transcend 2gb DDR2 667mhz ram.. i want to put another 2gb ram.. should i buy the other one at same mhz or can it be different like 800mhz...?

can anyone help me out and also explain about this?

 

[ALPHA17]

^^ Well your motherboard supports RAM modules upto ~1066MHz so you are covered -- http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M2N68AM_PLUS/, you'll get pretty raw deals for a 2GB 800MHz module ~1800/- +.

Also the faster RAM module will clock itself to the lowest speed module [in your case 667MHz], for stability and compatibility .

Hope this helps, Cheers!!

 

[benryu]

so in my case it will not cause any problems like restarting and i can go ahead with buying... i saw a few cheap ones over here in TE and they were alll 800 mhz

 

[ALPHA17]

Yeah ASUS motherboard generally do not have an issue with mismatched RAM modules [from the point of view of speed, frequency et al]. Just to be safe flash your motherboard to its latest BIOS patch.

Hope this helps, Cheers!!

 

[The Sauron]

I have used same board with DDR 2 800 MHz mixed with 667 MHz memory stick (2GB X 1GB) without even updating BIOS, No problem what’s so ever. Memory worked as duel channel DDR 667.

 

[RoBoGhOsT]

put another 800mhz ram it will work at 667mhz dual channel without problems . you can even set 800mhz in bios , that transcend 667 should run at 800mhz easily with other 800mhz stick , if its unstable set to 667MHz .