Am I screwed, half screwed, what?

[JuniorFan]

I decided to build my first computer this summer, and I either have all the parts now, or they are in the mail to be here Wednsday.

I used this motherboard. Here.

Under Memory in the specs it says the DDR2 Standard is DDR2 800. So when I was looking for memory, I bought two pqi DDR2 800 sticks for dual channel.

So I was bored today, and was looking at the manual and stuff, and decided to flip the box the mobo came in, and what do I see "Supports Dual Channel DDR2 400".

Did I make a boo boo somehow? lol. Is this susposed to mean it can but it doesn't have to be? Will I be able to use my memory, just not dual channel, what's the deal?

It's probably me making a nooby mistake, but I'm kinda worried and borderline pissed.

[minsonngo]

Your fine, the motherboard has support for DDR2 533/667/800 Dual Channel memory modules.

With AM2 you want to go with DDR2-800 for best performance.

[JuniorFan]

Ok, cool, thanks for the help. I'm glad to hear I'm all right. I hate to get confused with these silly things but it always seems to happen lol.

[minsonngo]

No problem, good luck with the new build.

[JuniorFan]

Thanks. I get the rest of the parts Wednsday so I can probably say how it went by Thursday.

I didn't really come to the board, well at all, for help but the tutorial on the website is pretty much what I used as inspiaration lol.






BTW-Rather than making a new post I'll just ask here. How long is too long for a bad PSU? I ordered a Rosewill case w/ a 400 w psu before I really knew that some weren't as good as others. If I used the stock psu for about a week until I could get a better one, would it really cause that much harm?

[minsonngo]

Hard to tell, bad PSUs are usually a hit or a miss. And even if they work now, no telling when it will crap out on you and if it does, will it take out anything else with it.

For me, I would not risk it at all based on what I have experienced and seen.

[flanzig1]

The PSU that came with the case may not even be an ATX 2.0(24 pin + 4 pin connectors) standard supply which most boards today require. It may be the older ATX 1(20 pin and 4 pin).