Memory standard?

[Klarko]

When looking at motherboards i always see "Memory standard" and im never sure what that exactly means, because almost every motherboard has a different one. Is this what the motherboard runs best on? :shrug:

Thanks :)

[ExodusC]

Correct me if I am wrong, but...

The memory standard is the maximum possible speed RAM will run at on the motherboard without changing the Front Side Bus (overclocking).

You can run RAM that is lower than the memory standard with no problems. Running RAM that has a speed higher than the memory standard will cause the RAM to downclock itself to the memory standard speed.

Does that help at all?

[Ket]

Basically, the "memory standard" refers to JEDEC guideline specifications. DDR2 (for example) has various JEDEC standards ranging from 400 to 800MHz. Of course, you can purchase memory rated far and beyond JEDEC specifications, but you will need to OC to reach the potential of such memory kits.

[Klarko]

Correct me if I am wrong, but...

The memory standard is the maximum possible speed RAM will run at on the motherboard without changing the Front Side Bus (overclocking).

You can run RAM that is lower than the memory standard with no problems. Running RAM that has a speed higher than the memory standard will cause the RAM to downclock itself to the memory standard speed.

Does that help at all?

What about the new i7 boards that do not have a FSB? Why do they still have "memory standards" if they do not have a FSB?

[zanzabar]

they have a qpi and thats like the fsb, just like we use fsb for HTT on amd

and its a worthless metric all that u need is if its ddr2 or 3 atleast for desktop boards that someone on xs would look at