Building a new PC

[Bantis]

Hey guys, I'm building a new PC around Christmas and had a few questions. I'm trying to cut costs right now, so I've got an Intel Pentium 4 630 Prescott 800MHz FSB LGA 775 EM64T Processor, an ASUS P5GD1-VM Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 915G Micro ATX Intel Motherboard, and a connect3D 3038 Radeon X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card. My PC right now is a P4 2.4 533mhz FSB. I have 2gb of PC2700 RAM in it right now that I want to move into the new machine. I know the P5GD1-VM supports PC2700, but with the 800mhz FSB on the new processor, will I run into any problems at 2700? Should I just spend the money and get new RAM?

 

[viperg]

You don't have to, but if I were you I would do it.

That mother board supports dual channel memory (I have the same system, but I have a 660 processor in a X-Qpack)

I would get this at newegg:

OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit ... - Retail

* DDR 400 (PC 3200)
* Timing 2-2-2-5
* Unbuffered

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146890

 

[GForce64]

If you're looking to save some cash, the PC-2700 should work fine. I'd probably get another 2GB of more modern memory, though. If you do end up getting new memory, be sure to get a mobo that supports DDR2 (assuming you stick with Intel).