What does the *mean next to the ram speed?

[matty114]

Can anyone help me, what is it for?

- Memory 4 x DDR2 1066*/800 / 667 MHz, Dual channel memory architecture

Next to the 1066 i am looking at the Asus P5K Premium and wondering if i can put my Crucial Ballistix 1066MHz in it.

Thanks.

 

[jak731]

it basicly means what speed ram the board will support. the forum recommended speed is 800mhz as that is sufficient for clocking most if not all C2D/Q cpus to 3ghz+. your crucial ballistix ram should work unless theres a known compatibility problem that someone else may tell you about (i dont know about there being one)

 

[matty114]

Thanks