What Voltage is my Motherbord capable of?

[arturbmw]

I currently have an Asus Goldfish3 motherboard, I would like to add on some ram but I can see that some of them that i look up on ebay are 1.8V and some are 2.2V. Where can i find what my motherboard is capable of?

 

[Bl00dFox]

Hi and welcome to computer forum!

The 2 different RAM voltages you are comparing are DDR (2.2V) AND DDR2 (1.8V). DDR2 is a new type of RAM which uses a lower voltage. Which one you choose depends on what type of RAM your motherboard supports. This information can be retrieved from your motherboard manual.

If you have any other questions, myself or any other friendly member of computer forum would be delighted to help you.

 

[arturbmw]

Hmm, well i know my motherboard currently has ddr2 ram, does that mean it can Only hold ddr2 and not ddr or sdram? And what about the unknown brands of ram like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PQI-turbo-memor...ryZ74942QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This one is 2.0V, is there a site or program that can scan my motherboard to see what its compatible with?
It seems like no one on ebay buys these unknown branded ram sticks even though they are priced like 90% less than what they shoould and they are 800MHz, why is that?

 

[Cromewell]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?&cc=us&docname=c00361570

With OEM boards you don't have option to change the voltages, so look for value RAM that uses 1.8v

 

[arturbmw]

Well, now i know that i can only have a 1.8V ram stick but look at this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/G-SKILL-2GB-2x1...4QQihZ011QQcategoryZ74942QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Its an unknown brand but its 800MHz and 1.8-2.0V and no one seems to want to buy is...????

Is something like that compatible with my motherboard?

Thanks

 

[Cromewell]

There's lots of G.Skill out there. They were founded in 1989, it's decent RAM. It should work at 1.8v 5-5-5.