Question about my own ram

[Shauk25]

Right now i have these two installed in my system DDR 3200 and DDR 2700

I want to upgrade, i found this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098


DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Is this compatible?

 

[Shauk25]

My motherboard box says Biostar P4M80-M4

Socket 478/FSB 800 MHZ
DDR 400
Sata/Raid

 

[veedubfreak]

No it isnt. DDR2 wont fix in the DDR1 slot. You would have to upgrade motherboards to handle ddr2.

 

[Shauk25]

So i see i can only get 184 pin 3200 is highest i can get on this board??

Im lookin to find some deals

 

[veedubfreak]

Correct. DDR 400 (pc3200) is going to be the fastest memory you can use.

 

[Shauk25]

Back of Box says DDR2, yet on MB homepage it says DDR SDRAM 400

Biostar USA

confused which one is correct

Also how can you tell if your MB allows Dual Channel

 

[veedubfreak]

Is that the exact same board you have as what was linked? I know there are a few boards out there that can support both DDR and DDR2, but if it did, it would have 2 sets of memory slots on it.

 

[Shauk25]

The one i linked is the mobo i have, right now have 2 sticks in there only 2 slots are available i ordred 2 of these

Newegg.com - A-DATA 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory - Retail

Should work well for now

 

[veedubfreak]

Ouch, 50 bucks per gig. Now i remember why i just built a new machine instead of adding ddr400 to my old machine.