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Building a new system (Can I do this?)

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playrh8r

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Hi all,

Ive finally decided on the parts for my upgrade.

Amd Athlon 64 3000+ ($149)
Asus K8v Motherboard ($89)
Evga Geforce 6800 128 non ultra ($279)

Its a big chunk of change for a college student but I am excited for the upgrade. The only question i have is can I get by with using my Kingston DDR 2700 ram (512mb) for awhile until I can afford ddr 3200?

Will i be bottlenecked that much between ddr 333 and ddr 400?

Thanks for the input

Jeff
 
All that looks good, but personally I'd push you towards a Chaintech VNF-250 board for $75. And yes, you can use your PC2700, if you use a memory divider. I would expect this is to affect performance 10-20%. Good luck :)
 
The chaintech has alot of features and OC's really well, and it's really cheap. (you want this one: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-152-043&depa=1)
A memory divider is a setting that runs the memory at a different speed than that of the CPU's FSB, which in your case would mean running the RAM slower than the FSB. The side effect is of course the CPU not being able to get as much memory bandwidth as it should be able to.
 
That link didnt work.

Are memory divider settings in the bios?

I could always sell my ddr 2700 and pick up a 3200 stick

Jeff
 
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