DDR333 vs DDR400

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I need to populate a Gigabyte GA-k8N Pro or GA-K8VNXP mobo with Athlon
64 3200 with 1.5GB or 2GB of memory. With double-sided DDR400 memory,
it appears that I can only use 2/3 of the memory slots in either of
the mobos. In its memory notes the Kingston site states that both its
DDR333 and DDR400 sticks are double-sided, but apparently the 2/3 rule
only applies to the the DDR400 sticks. Thus, without breaking the
bank, the only cost feasible thing (the 1GB DDR400 is $560 vs $205) is
to use the DDR333 in the boards with an Athlon 64 3200. How big a
performance hit is that going to be?

Alternative is if someone definitely knows of alternative name brand
DDR400 memory that will allow me to use 3 512MB modules. Presumably
they need to be single-sided. I checked Crucial and Corsair modules
at a variety of sites but could not determine whether they are double
or single sided.
 
z_q-g.- said:
I need to populate a Gigabyte GA-k8N Pro or GA-K8VNXP mobo with Athlon
64 3200 with 1.5GB or 2GB of memory. With double-sided DDR400 memory,
it appears that I can only use 2/3 of the memory slots in either of
the mobos. In its memory notes the Kingston site states that both its
DDR333 and DDR400 sticks are double-sided, but apparently the 2/3 rule
only applies to the the DDR400 sticks. Thus, without breaking the
bank, the only cost feasible thing (the 1GB DDR400 is $560 vs $205) is
to use the DDR333 in the boards with an Athlon 64 3200. How big a
performance hit is that going to be?
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Will DDR333 even work? It'll only work on a CPU up to 166MHz FSB.
 
Conor said:
Will DDR333 even work? It'll only work on a CPU up to 166MHz FSB.
Click to expand...

Well, according to Kingston it will. My immediate problem is that each
of the related sites seems to have possibly contradictory information.
Hence, my questions.
 
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