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What would you do? (new hardware)

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Liquid Ice

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Here's the deal. I'm currently running a 2.4B on a Asus p4b533-E motherboard and 2 sticks of Kingston ddr333 valueram.

I'm building a computer for a friend and I have the option of getting them a P4P800 motherboard and a 2.8C. I could them swap their motherboard for mine. I would pay em like 30-50 bucks for the price difference.

Is it worth the effort? Will the ddr333 be enough for a 800 mhz p4? I'm currently running it at 187 mhz which is the highest i've been able to get it without getting memtest errors in this current setup.

I don't want to buy new ram. The only option at new ram i would have would be ordering some value ram that is rated at 3200 with the same order and then swap it with one of my 333.

Also, i don't think my ddr333 chips are matched, so would that be a problem in dual channel?
 
The RAM should work fine with the newer cpu and motherboard, but you might need to underclock the cpu a bit. 187 is over 93% of 200.
 
How about using cpu mem ratios to overclock the cpu while leaving the mem at its max ability?
 
Originally posted by Liquid Ice
How about using cpu mem ratios to overclock the cpu while leaving the mem at its max ability?
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well that's an option... I've never tried that tho so I don't know how big impact it has on performance...
 
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