computer ram question!!

[giordano]

hello,

 

i was wondering if this ram would fit in an Abit AN8 32X motherboard?

 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...p;sku=O261-8038

 

or if DDR3 Ram

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=3361

 

would be better to go with.. but as my computer was given to me i have to manual for my motherboard so i dont know what it is capable of.. so if someone would be so kind and help me!

 

please help me.. thanks

[Gamerbird]

Well first of all you need to find out what type of memory your motherboard takes, the two you posted are DDR2 and DDR3.

All you really need to do is find that out, i am not sure myself how to, but there should be a way. Try google.

[giordano]

ok i'll try google, but i wanted to know if my motherboard could only take DDR2 ram and if the DDR2 ram poster above ^ was good, or if it could take DDR3 and if the above ^ ram was good for DDR3

 

EDIT: and thank you

 

EDIT X2: CPU support Socket 939-based Athlon 64 processors

North bridge NVIDIA C51D

South bridge NVIDIA CK804 SLI

Interconnect HyperTransport (8GB/sec)

Expansion slots 2 PCI Express x16

2 PCI Express x1

2 32-bit/33MHz

Memory 4 184-pin DIMM sockets

Maximum of 8GB of DDR266/333/400 SDRAM

Storage I/O Floppy disk

2 channels ATA/133 with RAID 0, 1, 0+1 support

4 channels Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 support

2 channels Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1 support via SiI 3132

Audio 8-channel AC'97 audio via nForce4 SLI and Realtek ALC850 codec

Ports 1 PS/2 keyboard

1 PS/2 mouse

4 USB 2.0 with headers for 6 more

1 Firewire via Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A with header for 1 more

1 RJ45 10/100/1000

 

1 analog front out

1 analog bass/center out

1 analog rear out

1 analog surround out

1 analog line in

1 analog mic in

1 TOS-Link digital S/PDIF input

1 TOS-Link digital S/PDIF output

BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS

Bus speeds HT: 200-400MHz in 1MHz increments

DRAM: 200, 266, 333, 400MHz

PCI-E: 100-145MHz in 1MHz increments

Bus multipliers LDT: 1x-5x

Voltages CPU: auto, 1.5-1.9V in 0.025V increments

DDR: 2.5-3.2V in 0.05V increments

DDR reference: -0.06-0.06V in 0.01V increments

Monitoring Voltage, fan status, and temperature monitoring

Fan speed control CPU, north bridge, system, AUX1, AUX2

 

 

 

here's what i found, and i don't think it can take DDR2 or DDR3 lol it says 184-pin DIMM socket so if someone could help me clerify.. thanks