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motherboard - ram compatibility

Jan 3rd, 2009

Hi

I need to upgrade my PC's RAM. The motherboard is
the MSI K8N Diamond - SLi
http://www.trustedreviews.com/mother...Motherboard/p1

Could you please tell me if it supports the Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2
Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...X4096-8500C5DF)

If not, what is the fastest/latest type of memory that I can use?

Many thanks in advance

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Originally Posted by annapanagiot

Hi

I need to upgrade my PC's RAM. The motherboard is
the MSI K8N Diamond - SLi
http://www.trustedreviews.com/mother...Motherboard/p1

Could you please tell me if it supports the Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2
Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...X4096-8500C5DF)

If not, what is the fastest/latest type of memory that I can use?

Many thanks in advance

nope ,fastest it takes is 1 gig x 4 ,ddr 400, also knows as pc3200.
it doesent support ddr2 ram acording the msi site.
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...N_Diamond_Plus

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thanks for that. For the moment I will have to double the old 2x1GB (pc3200) that I already have, in order to get the 4GB that I need. probably upgrade the whole system later.

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there are ram limits with winxp 32 bit systems and 4 gig ram but im not up on the details .but you could google or search daniweb about it, just found this thread .
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread90480.html

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Hi again

I've just added 2 more GB of RAM ( Corsair 2048MB (2x1024MB) PC-3200 400MHz DDR ) to my MSI K8N Diamond - SLi motherboard
( http://www.trustedreviews.com/mother...Motherboard/p2 )
without having the desired result: I need to edit/playback HDV footage in real-time.

I've checked your link about the 4gig ram and you were right, it appears on my system properties as 3.25gig.

Therefore I will also have to upgrade my cpu of my current system. Since I have no idea about processors either, could you please tell me which is the fastest possible cpu that I can put to the above motherboard?

the cpu that I have at the moment is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual

many thanks in advance

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Originally Posted by annapanagiot

Hi again

I've just added 2 more GB of RAM ( Corsair 2048MB (2x1024MB) PC-3200 400MHz DDR ) to my MSI K8N Diamond - SLi motherboard
( http://www.trustedreviews.com/mother...Motherboard/p2 )
without having the desired result: I need to edit/playback HDV footage in real-time.

I've checked your link about the 4gig ram and you were right, it appears on my system properties as 3.25gig.

Therefore I will also have to upgrade my cpu of my current system. Since I have no idea about processors either, could you please tell me which is the fastest possible cpu that I can put to the above motherboard?

the cpu that I have at the moment is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual

many thanks in advance

hi ,the link in my post #2, tell cpu support ,but you would need to do some research as to what one is the best for what you want to do ,best start with google or local dealers