MATX that supports 1066 ddr2

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 09:56

Can someone spec me a matx motherboard that supports 1066MHZ DDR2 (corsair dominator).

It's to replace my duff DFI board which I believe is giving me all my memory and BSOD issues.

Not looking to overclock at all. Just a nice simple and quick board. Doesn't need to be stocked by OcUK

Would this mobo support DDR2 1066 and my sig below? I notice it has it's own VGA output but I'd want to put my rig including 4870 in it.

FirebarUK · 11 Dec 2008 at 10:05

It could be a memory compatibility issue with your current board. How can you be sure it's not faulty memory either?

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 10:48

Because I have tried different memory which I know has no errors and I get the same tens of thousands of errors

It was also working happily with the corsair memory for a few weeks with none of this (including memtest). Had this discussion in General Hardware lol.

Can anyone confirm the mobo above will support 1066 memory?

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 11:41

bump

pastymuncher · 11 Dec 2008 at 13:35

In the description it says:- Dual-channel DDR2 1066(O.C.)/800/667. It will take 1066 but only by overclocking.

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 13:36

So technically I'd have to overclock my CPU to reach that - does it also state that you can only have 2 sticks of memory overclocked to 1066 or is that me thinking that up with asus boards.

Are there any MATX (other than DFI) which don't require an overclock to reach 1066MHZ?

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 15:19

it says '*Supports 2 DIMM modules only for yellow DIMMs when over-clock to DDR2-1066 ' what does this mean?

Would the mobo be a good choice for the spec in my sig??

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 17:49

Anyone got any advice?

rypt · 11 Dec 2008 at 18:36

pastymuncher said:
In the description it says:- Dual-channel DDR2 1066(O.C.)/800/667. It will take 1066 but only by overclocking.

My old G33M-DS2R said the same thing, and I had no problems running 1066RAM in it, as far as I could work out this "OC" thing simply meant that if I wanted to run at 1066 I had to manually select the correct divider and so on in the BIOS as the board would not automatically max it to 1066.

rodo · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:10

rypt said:
My old G33M-DS2R said the same thing, and I had no problems running 1066RAM in it, as far as I could work out this "OC" thing simply meant that if I wanted to run at 1066 I had to manually select the correct divider and so on in the BIOS as the board would not automatically max it to 1066.

Did that have the same issue of meaning you could only run 2 sticks/4 sides or ram?

rypt · 11 Dec 2008 at 21:05

rodo said:
Did that have the same issue of meaning you could only run 2 sticks/4 sides or ram?

Can't say I ever tried, as I only ever ran it normally for 1 day (with no OC) with 2x1GB, and then ran OCed 2x1GB and briefly 4x1GB kits befor eupgrading to ATX sized stuff.

rodo · 12 Dec 2008 at 09:08

Ordered the asus - hopefully it will stop my stupid issues

Tute · 12 Dec 2008 at 10:09

I'd have offered you a part-exchange for your board, I have the Gigabyte DS2R and that supports DDR2-1066.