DDR2 on a DDR3 board?

byron_hinson · 1 Mar 2008 at 21:06

I'm getting the Asus P5E3 board and it supports DDR3 memory - but I've been told I can still use my DDR2 memory in it instead if I wanted to? Is this the case?

DavidB · 1 Mar 2008 at 23:19

From what i can see....you seem to have been lied too ? I cant see a P5E3 board with both DDR2 slots and DDR3 slots. And seeing as there different (you cant physically fit DDR2 in DDR3 slots) i dont think it will work.

sulli · 2 Mar 2008 at 12:13

ddr2 will not phisicaly fit into ddr3 slots whoever told u it was possible is a muppet

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byron_hinson · 2 Mar 2008 at 12:24

Thought that was the case - friend has now been shot and buried

Justintime · 2 Mar 2008 at 12:29

byron_hinson said:
Thought that was the case - friend has now been shot and buried

With some EDO ram stuffed in his mouth yes?

Van Diemen · 2 Mar 2008 at 13:07

As far as I'm aware the only Asus board that supports both DDR2 & DD3 is the P5KC.

sulli · 2 Mar 2008 at 16:31

byron_hinson said:
Thought that was the case - friend has now been shot and buried

lol

jambus · 2 Mar 2008 at 19:02

A couple of boards out there do support both types of ram module, but not the board you're talking about :S

GingerNinja1989 · 2 Mar 2008 at 20:43

Try the Gigabyte P35C-DS3R. It has 4 DDR2 slots and 2DDR3 slots, and I've had to problem with it running my Geil Black Dragon DDR2