Looking to buy new memory need some advice please. DDR question.

[chaknchngo]

My mobo is an Asus P4B266 which supports PC2100/PC1600, I would like to buy a Samsung memory and would like to know if the PC2100s are any good.

I am currently using a Corsair PC2100, if I was to buy the Samsung PC2700 would the speed adjust or would there be problems?

My Rig

 

[Sevenhunt]

you can buy the pc2700, it`s not officially supported but it`ll work just fine. Just check in your BIOS if it is recognized, otherwise do it manually.

 

[ukDave]

it's usually best to have identical modules, but if you are not going to be overclocking then you should be absolutely fine. I would put that Samsung stick in DIMM1, or whichever module is larger in DIMM1. dimms have to run at the same speed as each other, so i would guess that your mobo would set it to pc2100 speeds, but check in the BIOS after installation just incase it has changed at all. you should be fine.

 

[Mavrick007]

It will set your memory to the slowest speed on your mobo. If you try an overclock it might go a bit higher than PC2100, but I wouldn't expect much more. It should work fine though.