wheelman Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Ok some motherboards say the fsb is 800/533 mhz BUT they usually only have ram inputs for 184 pin that is 400mhz. So what is up with that? Just a marketing gimmick? Isn't that 800mhz meaningless without ram that can do it? I dont' know of any 184 pin 3200 ram that does 800fsb. I could be way off that's why I ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
updawg Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 The front side bus interconnects the processor, chipset, memory, and graphics controller in the motherboard, so it's not only drawing on memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
updawg Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 also pc 3200 ram only goes up to 400 mhz there are higher grades of such as DDR 600mhz (PC 4800) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 updawg this is pretty much what I am thinking. So it is a marketing gimmick unless you get a motherboard that accepts the higher fsb ram's. I see mobos with 800/533 which only accept 184 pin ram that is 400 mhz maxed. Unless there is a way with unbuffered ram and overclock it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddvj Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 ---------------- On 6/24/2005 5:54:44 PM wheelman wrote: updawg this is pretty much what I am thinking. So it is a marketing gimmick unless you get a motherboard that accepts the higher fsb ram's. I see mobos with 800/533 which only accept 184 pin ram that is 400 mhz maxed. Unless there is a way with unbuffered ram and overclock it. ---------------- Just a marketing gimmick? Updawg posted twice, apparently you only read his second post. Also, running two sticks of PC3200 (400Mhz) in Dual-Channel mode is what gets you past the 400MHz mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwest Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 When I built my computer, I researched everything for quite a while. I do overclock it a bit, not much though. anyway, I found that the best ram for my mobo, abit ai7, is the 256 mb. sticks of ocz, I can't remember the speed but it can run much faster than my board supports. speeds are all theoretical as well, they are close to what they are supposed to be, but never exact. Just like hard drives, they are usually a little smaller or larger in size than advertised. As far as my ram, someone basically tested a lot of brands, and using the OCZ 256 mb sitcks gave the best performance. In the article he did not know why it worked the best, but it did. So I have a gig of ram running in 4 slots. If I upgrade my mobo, not anytime soon, the ram should have the ability to keep up with increased speeds on MOBO's Also, hard drives are the slowest part of a computer. I haven't seen anything about new forms of hard drives that operate over 15,000 rpm. or that operate like ram, which of couse functions with magnets so memory can't be retained. It would be interesting to see any new developments, if anyone knows of some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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