Memory Speed

mark128 · 6 Sep 2008 at 18:44

Silly question here but i've got a quick query about memory speed:

Basically I'm upgrading a computer and the maxium supported memory of the motherboard is DDR2 PC2-4200 according to the manufactuer. However i've installed DDR2 PC2-5300 and it seems to work fine. I'm just worried will this damage the motherboard if its faster than the supported speed?

Cob · 6 Sep 2008 at 18:47

Is it running at PC2-5300 speed?

But no it won't do any damage.

mark128 · 6 Sep 2008 at 18:52

No it seems to be running at 553MHz as thats what the bios states (latest update). CPU Z also says the same but it recognises its pc2-5300 and states is maxium speed.

Cob · 6 Sep 2008 at 18:55

It'll be grand. PC2-5300 is the exact same stuff as PC2-4200, just higher-binned.

mark128 · 6 Sep 2008 at 18:58

Cob said:
It'll be grand. PC2-5300 is the exact same stuff as PC2-4200, just higher-binned.

I thought it would be, cheers m8.