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January 20th, 2003, 09:08 PM
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|  DDR and FSB information
if the fsb is 333 mhz is there a point in getting 400 mhz ram? | 
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January 20th, 2003, 09:26 PM
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No not unless you plan to overclock to 400mhz.
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January 20th, 2003, 09:29 PM
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Your asking a very very general question.
The answer is No, in general, IMO.
But! other cases will come like OCing, the need of bandwidth, bragging rights in Sandra benchmarks, having extra cash to waste ... etc
And depends also on using it with P4 or AMD XP or which MoBo with which chipset ..etc
PS. be more specified to get more answers.
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January 20th, 2003, 09:29 PM
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January 20th, 2003, 09:32 PM
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i have amd athlon xp 2100+
ECS L7VTA motherboard
I'll oc if it is still stable | |
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January 20th, 2003, 09:40 PM
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I just bought 2100+ last night at 266~
I saved 40$ on 4 sticks of 512MB ram, downgraded to 2100DDR
Only thing it would help me with is bragging rights. I could of bought it but hell, no need even if i upgrade for 67 more mhz | |
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January 20th, 2003, 09:42 PM
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Unless you unlock the multiplier of that CPU, it is hard to go even to 160MHz FSB ...
That CPU (XP2100+) is the last one of the Palamino core, the die reached the Max it can do .. so will have to apply really serious cooling in order to keep your system stable when OCed ...
If you already have 333MHz memory there is no point to have 400FSB, IMO. The performance difference is very verysmall.
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January 20th, 2003, 09:47 PM
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Yeah, i was looking for a 2100+ tbred, but it's harder then finding lint on a lint free cloth...
So i got the palamino 2100+ and no way am i unlocking it.
I am using a SLK-800 and a smartfan 2 LED when i build it | |
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April 12th, 2003, 08:19 AM
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I have a giga-byte 7vaxp with a kt400 chip and an amd athalon xp 1800+
I have kingmax DDR 400 which is supposedly supported by the mobo. In bios when the ddr is set to auto it only runs at 333 and when i manually set it to 400 I get a blue screen of death saying somthing about a memory error. can anyone help? | |
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