Mick wrote: > On Sunday 13 Oct 2013 13:26:31 Dale wrote: >> >> Memory question. The mobo I have uses this: "Support for DDR3 >> 1666(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules" I have the 1666 on here. It was >> what was on sale. :-D The new mobo calls for this: "DDR3 >> 2000(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066" Are the two compatible? Both are DDR3. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > > They are, although the new MoBo memory can be overclocked higher. Bear in > mind that some MoBos will complain if they are not fitted with identical > memory modules. Somehow I happen to come across them each time ... :-(
So I can buy the mobo and reuse the memory I have now? That will help a LOT right now. The new mobo will support twice the amount of ram but I can upgrade that and the CPU later on. The mobo I am looking at is this one: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4717#ov The mobo I currently have is here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3320#sp I don't overclock so I'm not worried about that. I did it once with a old Abit mobo with a AMD 2500+ CPU but it just didn't make much difference. The memory I have is here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313 It appears I looked at something wrong here. The one I have is the same as what the mobo calls for. I think??? I need to sleep more and I got to much stuff going on. :/ I wonder where I got the 1666 from?? It appears that I should be good to go with the new mobo. Use my old ram, upgrade with 8GB sticks as I can and they go on sale. In the end, I can have up to 32GBs of ram. Talk about putting some stuff on tmpfs. O_O I have always wanted to copy the tree to tmpfs and run "time emerge -uvaDN world". Just to see how fast it will go. lol If anyone sees anything here that won't work, let me know soon. I plan to order this thing pretty soon. Given the USB issue, the ethernet having issues, I'm worried something else may start to break as well. :-( Thanks to all. Posting the question got me to see I made a boo boo somewhere about the memory speed. I think? Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
