fsb

MattandJet · 24 Jan 2008 at 17:47

hi all

was thinking about getting one of the new wolfdale CPUs for a new computer im hoping to build

it says the FSB of the processor is 1333Mhz, so for it to run at that speed do you need a motherboard that can cope with 1333FSB and what about the RAM memory bus??

All this is very confusing.. lol

thank you

Jobe · 24 Jan 2008 at 17:55

think the cpu is quad pumped so it runs at 333.
to run your memory at 1:1 you'd need ddr 800 (pc 6400)
if i'm wrong someone will correct me.

jobe

paradigm · 24 Jan 2008 at 18:53

Jobe said:
think the cpu is quad pumped so it runs at 333.
to run your memory at 1:1 you'd need ddr 800 (pc 6400)
if i'm wrong someone will correct me.

jobe

To run his RAM at 1:1 with a 1333FSB processor, he would need DDR667

MattandJet · 24 Jan 2008 at 18:58

k so PC5300 would be if i wanted 1:1

would PC8500 be like a Ram bus: cpu bus ratio?

i cant do the maths in my head now lol

paradigm · 24 Jan 2008 at 19:12

What CPU are you looking at, and are you going to overclock? These are the most important questions here

If you aren't going to overclock, stick with PC2-6400 (its cheap enough anyway), if you are going to overclock, I'd go with PC2-8500 or higher.