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    How can I figure out whether motherboard supports DDR2-800?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by phnx90, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. phnx90

    phnx90 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    I have an XPS M1530 and I just got my motherboard replaced by a Dell technician earlier today, after it died...forgot to ask him whether the motherboard can support DDR2-800, since the newer M1530s support them.

    Any way I can check myself?

    Thanks
     
    phnx90, Feb 11, 2009
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    None of the M1530 motherboards will support 800MHz DDR2 as they are all based on a 965 chipset which does not support 800MHz DDR2. Period. You can, of course, use 800MHz DDR2, but it will only run at 667MHz. Not that it really matters because you won't be able to tell the difference anyways...
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 11, 2009
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    in theory (extremely simplified) there's a 0.25ns difference of fetch time between them
     
    sergeh, Feb 11, 2009
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    By now the 800mhz should be cheaper then 667? ^^
     
    Breece, Feb 11, 2009
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    Awkward :D

    But yeah i don't see why dell would throw in 800mhz RAM when they could be saving a buck selling the ones actually supported by the chipset.
     
    Koer, Feb 11, 2009
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    phnx90, Feb 12, 2009
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