Which socket A MBs will run the memory slower than the FSB?

[thedarkwolf]

I know that isn't the best idea but I have 768megs of older memory, 512megs of ddr333 and a 256meg stick of ddr266, and I need to upgrade. I would like to do the 2500+ barton overclock but there is no way either of those sticks are going to make ddr400 speeds. I would just go ahead and get new memory but I have blown a lot of cash this month already and would like to hold off on the memory for awhile.

I haven't been able to find much info on this other than this albatron board . None of the reviews really talk about this feature since they all go for max speed. I'd just buy the albatron board but its not in stock atleast at newegg.

 

[HvyMtl]

I dunno much about albatron - but the chipset should allow for slower memory bus. I have an NForce 2 ultra 400 chipset running my older 266mhz ddr memory in dual bus mode while my cpu is o/c'd to 11X200
One thing to check is how the memory bus is isolated in the bios - Are you allowed to set the memory bus speed or its multiplier? mine allows me to set the bus speed or does it automatically...

 

[Tass]

The Asus ones will let you run the memory slower than the fsb, down to 50%, so if you could somehow get the fsb up to 266 (533ddr!!!) without the system melting you could still run the memory in spec.