Fb Ddr-2 800

[Goliath182]

Anyone know if you have to have a special board to use this? I have a board that uses FB DDR-2 but i dont know if its compatible.

[Goliath182]

The motherboard chipset is the Intel 5000x.

[alfhenrik]

FB-DIMM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_Buffered_DIMM) is usually used in Servers I believe, and in the new Intel Skulltrail...while normal desktop/enthusiast boards use DDR2-SDRAM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2_SDRAM)

[Goliath182]

There in workstations too which is what i have. I know what FB DDR-2 is I have it!!! I just want to know if my board is compatible with the new 800 Mhz version.

[alfhenrik]

There in workstations too which is what i have. I know what FB DDR-2 is I have it!!! I just want to know if my board is compatible with the new 800 Mhz version.

Intel® 5000X Chipset (http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/5000x/)

[Goliath182]

Yes i know that is my chipset what about it?

[alfhenrik]

Yes i know that is my chipset what about it?

FB DIMM 533/667 MHz memory interface

I'm guessing this would mean that it doesn't support 800Mhz RAM...(?)

[Goliath182]

I dont know im havin that checked out before i decide to buy some though lol ive heard that the 5400 chipset can use it so i would think that the 5000x would be able too

[asterasy]

5400 is newer than 5000?

[Goliath182]

Im not sure at the age of the 5400 but it cant be a whole lot newer if it is newer.

[Xero (1)ne]

If it supports FB then it will be fine regardless of speed. The only thing that will happen is the 800mhz ram will run at 667.