Will DDR2 RAM work on DDR3 supporting motherboard.

[sasuke]

Guys I m planning to get a new motherboard for my processor: AMD X2 250.
Is there any Motherboard that supports both DDR2 and DDR3 types memory. I have a 2GB of brand new DDR3 memory lying in my house and i have a 3months old 2GB DDR2 memory. Now is there anyway i can use both these memories on one board.
Please tell me do DDR3 supporting motherboards support DDR2 memory????

Thanks For Your help Guys.

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Ya also suggest me a Motherboard supporting both these memories. below 4.5k

[ajayashish]

MSI 790GX-8D supports both DD2 and DD3
Jetway MA3-79GDG also serves the purpose

[ajai5777]

They will cost more than 6k.I would suggest you to sell your ddr2 ram and to go for a 785G based motherboard.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by sasuke

Guys I m planning to get a new motherboard for my processor: AMD X2 250.
Is there any Motherboard that supports both DDR2 and DDR3 types memory. I have a 2GB of brand new DDR3 memory lying in my house and i have a 3months old 2GB DDR2 memory. Now is there anyway i can use both these memories on one board.
Please tell me do DDR3 supporting motherboards support DDR2 memory????

You wanna use both DDR2 and DDR3 memory simultaniously?? Mind you even if the board supports both DDR2 and 3, if you use them both on a same board, DDR3 would work on the speed of DDR2 (Timings should match)........so practically you would limit your DDR3 if you use it with DDR2......

And I am a bit skiptical if a Board support both typs of RAMs, coz AFAIK there is a physical difference between both the RAMs......

[asingh]

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It supports DDR3/2. But they cannot be used together. So you either mount DDR3 DIMMs or DDR2 DIMMs. They cannot be mixed.


See this link.

Green and orange are DDR2, and blue and pink are DDR3. P45-8D Memory Lover

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by asigh

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It supports DDR3/2. But they cannot be used together. So you either mount DDR3 DIMMs or DDR2 DIMMs. They cannot be mixed.


See this link.

Green and orange are DDR2, and blue and pink are DDR3. P45-8D Memory Lover

So there IS a physical diffeence that is why different slots.....so I was correct on that part.....I can see it on the snap provided the notches are at different length......

[asingh]

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Of course. Correct.