fawien Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Im going to be building a system tommorow and i have some questions before i dive into the build so i know what to expect. (my first build using next generation parts) Im very familiar with hardware from the older days but i havent built a system in at least 2 years. (athlon xp 1700 ddr266 my last build) My mboard is a ECS 755 a2 memory is corsair VS512MB400 2 sticks. Proccessor is a athlon 64 3000 my question is mainly about the compatability and speeds. i know the board/cpu combo doesnt like running double sided ram at ddr400 is this going to be the case with this setup? I was going to buy a single 1gig stick since i noticed the board would easily support one ds ram stick at ddr400 but the price was better for the 2 sticks and seemed like the cas was better on 2 sticks. Mainly just wanting to know for sure if i will be stuck with the ddr333 speed with this setup and if so what kinda performance may i see versus a different 1gig setup running at ddr400. Any insight or experience in this area would be great and i thank you in advance for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Yes, you'll be stuck with it. It's a design flaw sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fawien Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 seems curious that i just finished building the system and it booted with both sticks in place running at 200 fsb! i have been through the bios over and over and sandra and they all say im running at ddr400 go figure. on a side note cheers to corsair the ram is great and my system is running much faster than i expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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