DanTheGamer11 Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 That old cpu doesnt have ddr3 controller just like phenom II 940. That CPU has no controller. It'll work fine guaranteed. If I may expand on what Waco said; only recently have chips featured onboard memory controllers, previously, memory controllers were on the motherboard, and the chip merely communicated with the board's controller, thus the standard of memory supported would be determined by the board instead of the processor. More recently, however, chip manufacturers have begun to incorporate memory controllers onto the chip itself (e.g. Phenom II, FX-series, Intel Core series), generally to reduce latency between the memory and the processor, thus increasing performance. There are other reasons too, including it is often easier and cheaper to integrate a memory controller into the processor die than making a completely separate system on the motherboard itself. I hope that has explained what Waco said Wasn't AMD first for including memory controllers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 If I may expand on what Waco said; only recently have chips featured onboard memory controllers, previously, memory controllers were on the motherboard, and the chip merely communicated with the board's controller, thus the standard of memory supported would be determined by the board instead of the processor. More recently, however, chip manufacturers have begun to incorporate memory controllers onto the chip itself (e.g. Phenom II, FX-series, Intel Core series), generally to reduce latency between the memory and the processor, thus increasing performance. There are other reasons too, including it is often easier and cheaper to integrate a memory controller into the processor die than making a completely separate system on the motherboard itself. I hope that has explained what Waco said Wasn't AMD first for including memory controllers? Yes, AMD was first to integrate memory controllers in their processors, Intel followed suit. They also developed the initial 64-bit architecture with AMD64, but that's for another thread, before we turn this into a raging Intel vs AMD war. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 Sorry it's hard to type on my phone. . But yes thats what i meant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 If I may expand on what Waco said; only recently have chips featured onboard memory controllers, previously, memory controllers were on the motherboard, and the chip merely communicated with the board's controller, thus the standard of memory supported would be determined by the board instead of the processor. More recently, however, chip manufacturers have begun to incorporate memory controllers onto the chip itself (e.g. Phenom II, FX-series, Intel Core series), generally to reduce latency between the memory and the processor, thus increasing performance. There are other reasons too, including it is often easier and cheaper to integrate a memory controller into the processor die than making a completely separate system on the motherboard itself. I hope that has explained what Waco said Wasn't AMD first for including memory controllers? Yes, AMD was first to integrate memory controllers in their processors, Intel followed suit. They also developed the initial 64-bit architecture with AMD64, but that's for another thread, before we turn this into a raging Intel vs AMD war. Yeah, don't worry, this is just a history lesson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 Sorry it's hard to type on my phone. . But yes thats what i meant. I feel your pain. Pity I can't plug a full size keyboard into my phone. I bet I'd get some weird looks from some people on the bus though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 That old cpu doesnt have ddr3 controller just like phenom II 940. That CPU has no controller. It'll work fine guaranteed. If I may expand on what Waco said; only recently have chips featured onboard memory controllers, previously, memory controllers were on the motherboard, and the chip merely communicated with the board's controller, thus the standard of memory supported would be determined by the board instead of the processor. More recently, however, chip manufacturers have begun to incorporate memory controllers onto the chip itself (e.g. Phenom II, FX-series, Intel Core series), generally to reduce latency between the memory and the processor, thus increasing performance. There are other reasons too, including it is often easier and cheaper to integrate a memory controller into the processor die than making a completely separate system on the motherboard itself. I hope that has explained what Waco said years ago, well back in 2007-08 i used this P5kc with great success, in both ddr2 and ddr3 configs,...back when ddr3 was EXPENSIVE as hell, ...but the q6600 didn't mind a bit...lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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