What memory are we going to need for the new Penryns?

alexthecheese · 4 Dec 2007 at 10:32

Looking to upgrade when these comes out and overclock them. I've read that they won't go much over 450mhz FSB, so what kind of RAM do we need for that? I really haven't a clue what's going on these days.

weescott · 4 Dec 2007 at 10:49

err...any ram that does 450FSB (900DDR)!

sargatanas · 4 Dec 2007 at 10:54

If you mean DDR2 or DDR3, I'm fairly certain both are supported, just on different motherboards and chipsets.

Tute · 4 Dec 2007 at 11:02

weescott said:
err...any ram that does 450FSB (900DDR)!

PC7200 or better for the less informed!

alexthecheese · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:12

Tute said:
PC7200 or better for the less informed!

That's the one, cheers.

Are we going to need DDR3?

Tute · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:14

No, all G31/G33/G35/P31/P35/X38 boards will take Penryn. Plus a whole load of the P965/975X models too. All of these use DDR2.

sargatanas · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:16

alexthecheese said:
That's the one, cheers.

Are we going to need DDR3?

did you not even read my post? :confused:

alexthecheese · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:28

sargatanas said:
did you not even read my post?

Yes, did you not read mine?

You said it's supported - but do we need it? EDIT: Tute answered it.

Do you reckon it will it be worth getting DDR3 ram for it or is it just a case of wait and see?

Tute · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:39

Wait for prices to come down. DDR3 is stupidly expensive for what it is at the moment.

sargatanas · 5 Dec 2007 at 01:31

alexthecheese said:
Yes, did you not read mine?

You said it's supported - but do we need it? EDIT: Tute answered it.

Do you reckon it will it be worth getting DDR3 ram for it or is it just a case of wait and see?

I said DDR2 and DDR3 are both supported, so if both are supported, why would you need DDR3?