Difference between pc2-5300 and pc5300

Answer 1

Is your question incomplete? The pc2 5300 is simply the speed of the ddr2 sdram memory...

Dual Data Rate is what DDR stands for

The 5300 is the transfer speed. Be careful when selecting clock speeds because many manufacturers will test memory to 800 Mhz and list it at 800 Mhz but it will be factory set at 667Mhz such as the Kingston PC2 6400 1GB module which is really a pc2 5300 that can be overclocked to 800 Mhz

You need to match the FSB speed of your system to the memory you select. You wouldn't want to run pc2 4200 with a system that has 1033 Mhz FSB nor would you put pc2 8500 in a system with a 400 Mhz FSB. One will work but slow you down and the other might work or might not but would be a waste of money to buy fast ram for a slow system.

I am running Dual Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz processors with 800 Mhz FSB and I selected 4 modules of ram that are 1 GB each running pc2 6400 which is 800 Mhz Ram (400 Mhz IN and 400 Mhz OUT ) This is also why most systems report ram as 400 Mhz when it is really 800Mhz. It is 400 Mhz Doubled. My system is not overclocked and runs very quiet, cool, and stable

Answer 2

pc2-5300 = ddr2 pc-5300 would = ddr, but no such thing. pc2-5300 = ddr2 pc-5300 would = ddr, but no such thing.