How to Choose the Correct RAM for your Motherboard

How to Choose the Correct RAM for your Motherboard?

January 8th 2008
File under: Memory

Maybe you don’t want to know the details - you just want to choose the correct RAM for your motherboard and get on with your life. Here’s a guide to help you out.

Athlon 64 and FX RAM Guide

ATHLON 64/FX Socket Type	Memory
Socket 940	Registered dual-channel DDR PC1600, PC2100, PC3200*
Socket 939	Dual-channel DDR PC1600, PC2100, PC3200*
Socket 754	Single channel DDR PC1600, PC200, PC320*

*Memory configuration might differ with CPU due to on-die memory controller

Pentium 4 RAM Guide

Socket Type	Chipset	Memory
Intel Chipset
Socket 423	850, 850E	RD RAM
Socket 428	845,845G,845GV,845GL	PC-133 SDRAM or DDR PC2100/1600*
	845GV	PC-133 SDRAM or DDR PC2700/2100/1600*
	845GE, 845PE	DDR PC2700/2100
	848P	DDR PC3200/2700/2100
	865G, 865PE,865GV	Dual-channel DDR PC3200/2700/2100
	865P	Dual-channel DDR PC2700/2100
	875P	Dual-channel DDR PC3200/2700/2100
Socket 478, 775	910GL	Dual-channel DDR PC3200/2700
Socket 775	915GL	Dual-channel DDR PC3200/2700
	915GV, 915P, 915G	Dual-channel DDR PC3200/2700 or Dual-channel DDR2 PC4200/3200*
	925X, 925XE	Dual-channel DDR2 PC4200/3200
	915PL	DDR PC3200/2700
	955X	Dual-channel DDR2 PC5300/4200
VIA Chipset
Socket 478	P4X266, P4X266E, P4M266	PC133/100 SDRAM or DDR PC2100/1600*
	ProSavage P4M266	DDR PC2700/2100
	P4X400	DDR PC2700/2100/1600
	PM800	DDR PC3200/2700/2100
Socket 478, 775	PT880 Pro, PT880 Ultra, PT894, PT894 Pro	Dual-channel DDR PC3200/2700/2100 or Dual-channel DDR2 PC4200/3200*
	P4M800 Pro	DDR PC3200/2700/2100 or DDR2 PC24200/3200*
nVidia Chipset
Socket 775	nForce4 SLI Intel Edition	Dual-channel DDR PC5300/4200/3200