Higher Speed Ram

[goose36]

Hey Guys,

I have a quick question as I couldn't find the specific answer anywhere. I have an ASUS P5n32-SLI board which support ram @ DDR2-800 (OC'd). My question is if I buy let's say PC2-8500 or PC2-10000 RAM, will it run at it's higher speed. I am currently running 4GB Corsair DDR-800 with an Intel X6800 (Not overclocked). Just trying to speed ram without actually overclocking.

Thanks for your time.

 

[evongugg]

The motherboard supports up to DDR2-1066 so your limit will be PC2-8500, unless there is a Bios update that I don't know of.
You can run the memory at a higher speed than the rest of the system if you want.

 

[goose36]

Yeah the ASUS specs for the RAM don't support 1066, the FSB does:

http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=337&l4=0&model=1325&modelmenu=2

Unless I'm mistaken.