MEMORY frequency?

buddhazen · Post by **buddhazen** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:33 pm

i got some killer pc2700 from a friend that does 200+ fsb
only problem is on bootup it detects the frequency at 166% on an a7n8x
im runnin at 205x11 on the machine
should i bump the frequency to 200% or leave it on auto so it can read it at 166%
thanks in advance guys

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:51 pm

You sure that's not running the processor at 200MHz FSB and the ram at 166MHz FSB ?

buddhazen · Post by **buddhazen** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:00 pm

yes the processor is runnin at 200 fsb but the ram is at 166 fsb
would it be a good idea to bump the memory to 200 as well since its pc2700?
memory timings are set at aggressive at 2,33,7 or something like that
thanks once again

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:22 pm

PC2700 is 166MHz (166x2) , PC3200 is 200Mhz (200x2). You can probably run the ram at 200 if you play with the timings and voltage.

buddhazen · Post by **buddhazen** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:56 pm

so will i get a great performance gain runnin it at 200 frequency
and is there any way i can fry this ram tryin to get it runnin at 200
if so i wont even bother

cheers and T.I.A

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 7:37 am

you will get some performance gain running it at 200 fsb, but you will also get some extra heat from theose little electrons zipping through the mobo - the memory will just get unstable if you push it to hard but you probably can kill it unless you jack the voltage way up