Phenom II AM3 Facing DDR3-1333 Stability Issues

If you’re eying an AMD Phenom II AM3 platform, you’ll want to pay attention to this budding issue. TechPowerUp reports that AMD has acknowledged a limitation (Erratum 379) with the DDR3 memory sub-system. Check out the quote below for the exact issue. Icrontic interviewed an AMD PR representative and got a different take on the issue.

On machines with more than one PC3-10600 (1333 MHz) memory module populating a memory channel, the users may experience unreliable operation. The company does not get into the specifics of the symptoms. This issue however, does not affect systems with a module per channel (one or two modules installed in the motherboard), and only those with three to four modules installed.

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