quick ram question

big_moe

hey guys/girls

just looking into building a PC and i have most of it sorted (I hope!!).

The ram i'm looking at is compatible with my processor but the motherboard mentions the RAM it supports is DDR3-1333 PC3-10666 while the RAM 'im looking at is DDR3-1333 PC3-10600. will they work with each other?

i've been googling for a while and havent a simple answer yet!

cheers
adam

z0oT

What motherboard and processor have you opted for? It's a tad hard tell what the story is otherwise.

big_moe

the motherboard is Asus P5Q3, processor is Intel Core2Quad Q9650 and the RAM is crucial ballistix DDR3

RAM
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=397196

Processor
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=365998

Mobo
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=386360

cheers
adam

z0oT

Those should all work nicely together.

big_moe

excellent, thanks z0ot!

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big_moe wrote: »

RAM it supports is DDR3-1333 PC3-10666 while the RAM 'im looking at is DDR3-1333 PC3-10600.

It just looks like a typo to me.

big_moe

thats what i initially thought as well but it seems there is PC3-10666 ram as well as PC3-10600. its been a while since i've been looking for ram and this really confused me! and i see there's also PC3-10660 ram just to add more confusion!

Solitaire

They're essentially the same thing; had this a while back with PC2-5400 (675MHz) and PC2-5300 (666MHz) while JEDEC argued about the exact standard :rolleyes: