pc5400 ddr 2 memory work as pc4200? 1

[jared5494]

I have received the following free from a buddy of mine (2 of them):

CORSAIR XMS2 Pro Series 240-Pin 512MB DDR2 PC2-5400 with activity LEDs - Retail
Specifications:
Manufacturer: CORSAIR
Speed: DDR2-675(PC2-5400)
Type: 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 4-4-4-12
Support Voltage: 1.8V
Bandwidth: 5.4GB/s
Organization: 64M x 64 -Bit

I will be using an Asus P5AD2-E Premium motherboard (LGA775). On Asus's website, their QVL says that this memory has been tested and worked, but my question is that I really do not know how to overclock all that well, so playing it safe, will this memory run at DDR2-533 instead of DDR-675? Or is this just wishful thinking.

How hard would it to overclock my system to meet the memory specs?

My system (well, very soon to be):

ASUS "P5AD2-E Premium" i925XE Chipset Motherboard For Intel LGA 775

eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/Dual DVI, PCI-E, Model "256-P2-N377-AX" -RETAIL

Antec 550W Power Supply, Model "TRUE550" - Retail

Intel Pentium 4 570J 3.8 GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology -Retail

CORSAIR XMS2 Pro Series 240-Pin 512MB DDR2 PC2-5400 with activity LEDs - Retail (Hopefully)

Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM Drive Only (x2 on raid 0)

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PCI Sound Card, Model "SB0350" OEM

Lian-Li Black ATX Mid Tower Case, Model "PC-V1000B" -RETAIL

Thermalright Heatsink for P4 & K8 CPUs, Heatsink Only, Model "XP-120" -RETAIL (with LGA775 Adapter)

Any input would be very helpful and thanks in advance!

Thank you.
Jared

 

[cdogg]

You do not have to run the memory module at it's rated spec. Slowing it down to pc4200 speeds shouldn't be a problem.

~cdogg
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