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DanG
9 Jul 2007, 12:36am
I'm pretty sure not, but 2 guys were telling me I'm fine with it. It's good ram, OCZ platinum ddr2-800mhz, but I still don't think it'll work with the new quad core's.

Do I need new ram, or not?
Zuntar
9 Jul 2007, 2:39am
Why do you think it will not work?
Thrax
9 Jul 2007, 3:06am
The C2Q uses DDR800.
muddocktor
9 Jul 2007, 6:41am
It will work perfectly fine together.

I'm just waiting for the price drop to order me a Q6600 myself.
DanG
9 Jul 2007, 2:34pm
Why do you think it will not work?


I thought it wouldn't because of the 2 different fsb speeds, 1066 and 800.
Sledgehammer70
9 Jul 2007, 3:00pm
Just like DDR400 it will run, but you’re just not getting full potential... I am willing to bet you might be able to OC that memory to almosy 1066 :)
Thrax
9 Jul 2007, 3:36pm
The native memory platform for the C2Q is DDR2-800. It is not a 1:1 CPU:FSB. It uses dividers.
DanG
9 Jul 2007, 5:11pm
The native memory platform for the C2Q is DDR2-800. It is not a 1:1 CPU:FSB. It uses dividers.

That makes more sense now.

Thanks guys.