DDR2/3 Upgrade and Overclocking

[deadfolk]

Hi all,

I have 2x1GB of these: PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 in my system.

The time has come to add some more RAM, but as I got that memory a while ago, I'm wondering what I should buy to replace/update.

Now there's DDR3 all over the place, should I just get 4GB of that to replace what I have and remain future-proof? Will DDR3 even work on the same M/B if I take the existing stuff out, or do I just cut my losses and buy more DDR2, knowing I'll have to ditch it when I get a new board?

Also, I'm running an oc'ed setup from OCUK, where I got the board, CPU and RAM all guaranteed to overclock very highly - which it does. Will I break this by changing the RAM? I'm sure I read somewhere this might be so...in which case, I wouldn't be able to upgrade my RAM without doing the whole system. Does this sound right? Is it possible that newer, good-quality RAM will negate this problem?

Thanks for any advice...and sorry for rambling a bit!

 

[RJC]

The motherboard most probably wont take ddr3 unless it's one the Gigabyte ranges which can take both.

DDR3 wont fit in DDR 2 slots.

When replacing the ram it will most likely you will need to adjust the overclock or even do a CMOS reset, I have done this in the past to avoid BSOD.

Have a look at this set - Clicky

 

[deadfolk]

Cool - the prices don't seem to bad, so I'll just get me some DDR2. Probably go for the ones you linked to.

Thanks for your help.