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CPU's RAM and FSB
Just bought an Athlon 3000xp with 333 FSB. Do i now need to upgrade the ram
from PC2100 at 266 fsb to something running at 333 to gain the full benifit of the cpu upgrade? Regards Mark |
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In article , Mark says...
Just bought an Athlon 3000xp with 333 FSB. Do i now need to upgrade the ram from PC2100 at 266 fsb to something running at 333 to gain the full benifit of the cpu upgrade? Yep. -- Conor I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. |
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You would get a small increase in performance - but if you're feeling brave
you could try running the PC2100 at 333Mhz - you never know, it might work! (Perhaps try a slower CAS latency) If the PC boots with at this speed, then run Memtest a few times to confirm stable. The worst senario is it would'nt boot correctly or at all, in which case a BIOS reset would be in order... Perhaps I'm lucky but I''ve managed to run memory faster than rated speeds often. "Conor" wrote in message . .. In article , Mark says... Just bought an Athlon 3000xp with 333 FSB. Do i now need to upgrade the ram from PC2100 at 266 fsb to something running at 333 to gain the full benifit of the cpu upgrade? Yep. -- Conor I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. |
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Yes.
-- DaveW "Mark" wrote in message ... Just bought an Athlon 3000xp with 333 FSB. Do i now need to upgrade the ram from PC2100 at 266 fsb to something running at 333 to gain the full benifit of the cpu upgrade? Regards Mark |
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GTS wrote:
You would get a small increase in performance - but if you're feeling brave you could try running the PC2100 at 333Mhz - you never know, it might work! It might also make the computer refuse to boot. I hope you've provided instructions on how to reset the OP's BIOS to default settings. It'll make the RAM run hotter, too. (Perhaps try a slower CAS latency) If the PC boots with at this speed, then run Memtest a few times to confirm stable. The worst senario is it would'nt boot correctly or at all, in which case a BIOS reset would be in order... Perhaps I'm lucky but I''ve managed to run memory faster than rated speeds often. "Conor" wrote in message . .. In article , Mark says... Just bought an Athlon 3000xp with 333 FSB. Do i now need to upgrade the ram from PC2100 at 266 fsb to something running at 333 to gain the full benifit of the cpu upgrade? Yep. -- Conor I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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