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Any dangers in using DDR memory with a higher frequency than the FSB?

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I'm looking to upgrade memory in an older motherboard. The processor is an AMD Sempron 2500+ with a maximum speed of 333/166MHz. The motherboard is an MSI MS-7061 (KV3M-V), which accepts up to 2Gb of DDR memory maximum PC2700 in 2 slots and has a maximum FSB of 333MHz. The board does not have dual-…

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First, and most important, I think you're mixing up "actual" and "equivalent" RAM speeds. (That, or you've just worded things oddly.) DDR(2,3) RAM is called such because it performs a read, a write, or whatever, twice per clock cycle, essentially do…

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