333 fsb with pc 3200?

[Gbaby1008]

Is it posible to use a cpu with a 333mhz fsb with 400mhz pc 3200 memory? Also, is it possible to have dual channel memory if i use one stick of 512 and one of 256 both are pc3200.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: Gbaby1008
Is it posible to use a cpu with a 333mhz fsb with 400mhz pc 3200 memory?

Yes, but if it's an AMD XP system you'll want to run to cpu and ram at the same speed. In other words, use the PC3200 but have it run at @ PC 2700 speeds. On these systems you'll have better performance when the cpu and ram are running insynch (same speed). I understand Pentium systems don't suffer a performance hit when running asynch

Also, is it possible to have dual channel memory if i use one stick of 512 and one of 256 both are pc3200.
Yes, but it'll be unbalanced and obviously the performance won't be as good as two sticks of ram of equal size. However, DC doesn't add that much performance increase anyway. If this is an Intel system, I don't know if it will run in DC with two different size sticks

Fern