RAM advice (for Intel 865PERL,P4 2.4 1MB 533 FBS)

[medhunter]

hi

I have 1x 256 MB 333 MHZ RAM ( Poor me)

I recently Feel need for change

I just happened to have :

Intel 865PERL MOBO (Latest BIOS : I Think Mars 2005)

1X P4 2400 MHZ 533MHZ FSB 1024 KB L2 Cache

3 empty RAM BANKS

ATI Radeon 9200 SE 128MB

1x 80 WD Caviar 7200 PATA

I am unsure there might be some conflict between FSBs of MOBO , CPU , RAM) As I read before something similar on Intel site

Of course I will donate my current RAM to my little brother and buy at least 1x RAM Chip or may be 2X 512MB 400 FSB Just to make use of Dual RAM

SO ; Should there be a conflict?

[boooggy]

no i think not. but i think u should check also this: intel mobo

[medhunter]

Followed the link Intel said :

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The following table lists the supported system bus frequency and memory speed combinations.

To use this type of DIMM... The processor's system bus frequency must be...

DDR400 800 MHz

DDR333 800 or 533 MHz (Note)

DDR266 800, 533, or 400 MHz

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Does this prevent me from using DDR400 on 533MHZ FSB for sure?

[boooggy]

no cause memory will work at the same frequency as the cpu. i mean ddr 400 means fsb800. and if u have p4 at fsb 533 it will work at that frequency...

[oneless]

Intel 865 is now an old chipset , 2 year now, but is the single from old series

who migrate to LGA775 new socket .

your processor work well . no problem with ddr400 . you need only

ddr333 . but is the same price . my and other opinion is : this processor

( i sell few) is a full prescott who cannot pass the 800mhz tests . so

intel sell them as 533mhz w/o HT , because in 2.4ghz generation intel do

not have 1MB cache L2. this appear with prescott at 2.8GHz (1+ year ago)

anyway is so cheap and work good.

buy DDR400 , maybe you can find a double set , if you mobo had dual channel.

with DDR333 (i think) you cannot find a double set .