In the meantime, would it be possible/advisable to use my old DDR2 800 RAM (4GB) until my shiny new DDR3 shows up? Both are 240 pin, but I wasn't sure if DDR3 slots were backward compatible w/ DDR2.

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I just tried to upgrade the RAM on my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R motherboard. I have 2 sticks of generic 2GB DDR2 800MHz DIMMs. During POST it only shows a total of 2GB instead of 4GB. I then ran ...

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We check out a range of high-end DDR2 kits from ADATA, Geil, Kingston and WinChip.

HotHardware previews in the Asus P5Q Deluxe motherboard in this article, a new mobo powered by Intel's upcoming P45 chipset with support for DDR2 ...

The spec sheets beside the two motherboards say they both support dual channel DDR2 running at 667MHz, and can carry a maximum of 2G bytes of memory on board.

Intel’s upbeat projection for Prescott processors and subsequent boost in demand for DDR2 memory got a cold shoulder from several local motherboard makers, as they remain conservative about the ...

While you can get crazy sticks with their own heatsinks like the ones on the left, most people should be happy with the plain 800MHz variety supported by DDR2 motherboards on the market, and they ...