SteelTech Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 Hey guys. I'm new here. I'm here because I hope you can help to answer all my Technologic questions (LOL). Well, here's the deal. I enjoy buildin' on Documents PCs (Just for fun, and you can learn very much doing it). Trying to check that everything is compatibible and fully working. Looking on the Internet (Exactly, on Wikipedia), I saw that the AM3 socket supports DDR3 SDRAM up to PC3-10600. So, I decided that Phenom II CPUs with AM3 (socket) supports up to that type of memory. But, the question is: "Can I set up higher modules like PC3-17000 (For saying something) with the AM3 socket without any problems? Just considering that the Memory Speed is supported by the Motherboard" Hope you help me! Thanks in advance! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBags Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) yes, as long as that speed is supported by the motherboard. I have ddr3-1600 (PC-12800) and it runs perfectly fine at 1600mhz even though max supported speed for Phenom IIs is 1333mhz And if that speed is not supported by the motherboard it will just run at a lower speed (1066mhz is default) Edited October 23, 2009 by fearspartan117 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 Going faster won't hurt you...but you'll essentially be wasting money if you can't get your board/CPU to run at that speed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelTech Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 Ok. Thanks for the info guys. You really help me out! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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