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Old July 26th 03, 11:12 PM
DocMilligan
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I am purchasing a new MB/CPU and Memory...I've settled on the MSI K7N2D-ILSR
with an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ and am considering getting a Corsair CMX512-3200C2.
Is there a problem using this memory stick since it is a DDR 400 and the FSB on
the CPU is 333?...forgive me if this is a dumb question but as I recall you can
use faster memory without a problem but not slower...am I correct? BTW...I do
plan to OC this rig once I get it all installed....I've heard the Corsair
memory is good of OCing.


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Old July 26th 03, 11:33 PM
Ben Pope
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DocMilligan wrote:
I am purchasing a new MB/CPU and Memory...I've settled on the MSI
K7N2D-ILSR with an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ and am considering getting a
Corsair CMX512-3200C2. Is there a problem using this memory stick
since it is a DDR 400 and the FSB on the CPU is 333?...forgive me if
this is a dumb question but as I recall you can use faster memory
without a problem but not slower...am I correct? BTW...I do plan to
OC this rig once I get it all installed....I've heard the Corsair
memory is good of OCing.


Nah, run the Barton at 200MHz (DDR400) * 10 or maybe even 11 - you should be
able to do that with any decent cooler.

With that chipset it's advised that you run RAM and FSB in synch.

The memory is ok for overclocking, although the LL stuff is obviously a
little faster. To be honest your motherboard is gonna prevent you from
going much over 200MHz with the FSB anyway, so that memory will be fine.

Ben
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