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Ok... so if i buy a memory kit of 2x4GB, as long as i stick to these speeds, i should be ok.<br />
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I often see &quot;CL11&quot;, &quot;CL10&quot;, does it mather? &nbsp;I guess it has something to do with the timings
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Ok... so if i buy a memory kit of 2x4GB, as long as i stick to these speeds, i should be ok.

I often see "CL11", "CL10", does it mather?  I guess it has something to do with the timings

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&gt;&gt; &nbsp;I often see &quot;CL11&quot;, &quot;CL10&quot;, does it mather? &nbsp;I guess it has something to do with the timings <br />
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Yes. &nbsp;Unimportant unless you are trying for performance and the such.<br />
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&gt;&gt;&nbsp; Ok... so if i buy a memory kit of 2x4GB, as long as i stick to these speeds, i should be ok.<br />
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Yep.
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>>  I often see "CL11", "CL10", does it mather?  I guess it has something to do with the timings

Yes.  Unimportant unless you are trying for performance and the such.

>>  Ok... so if i buy a memory kit of 2x4GB, as long as i stick to these speeds, i should be ok.

Yep.

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I've l've always asked myself how i should select memory for a specific motherboard. &nbsp;Let's say for example, an Asus M5A97 with an AMD FX-8350 8 core 4 Ghz AM3+ CPU.<br />
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I've got the <a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97/M5A97-AM3plus-memory-QVL.pdf" rel="ugc">QVL</a>, but i can't find any of them on the website i'm looking, except those at really high frequency which are really expensive.<br />
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If i follow the motherboard specs at TD, it says that it support DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866/2133 Mhz. &nbsp;<br />
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So does that mean that mean that it support any PC3-8500, PC3-10600, PC3-12800, PC3-17000, or it would be a gross error?<br />
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Thanks for the information
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I've l've always asked myself how i should select memory for a specific motherboard.  Let's say for example, an Asus M5A97 with an AMD FX-8350 8 core 4 Ghz AM3+ CPU.

I've got the QVL (http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97/M5A97-AM3plus-memory-QVL.pdf), but i can't find any of them on the website i'm looking, except those at really high frequency which are really expensive.

If i follow the motherboard specs at TD, it says that it support DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866/2133 Mhz.  

So does that mean that mean that it support any PC3-8500, PC3-10600, PC3-12800, PC3-17000, or it would be a gross error?

Thanks for the information

Memory Selection for M5A97

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