Originally Posted by Heavy_monkey2.0

sheesh why didnt i think of doing that first...

errr sorry man TY, i know you are trying to be helpful, but i did try googling it first....which was how i wound up with partial understanding of how ram works....so i just stopped by my local compu guy and as soon as i mentioned the "speed" capabilities of my mobo...he:

as long as you dont exceed the maximum amount of ddr ram that your mobo can handle (like trying to put 4 gigs of ram into a board that can handle only 1.0) you need not worry about RAM that can handle speeds faster than what your system can push, it will ..."clock" back and operate at whatever speed your system can handle....also dont buy junk ram...recommend Crucial. Also he had none in stock....