Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester with 1GB PC2700 RAM

[The J]

I plan to get an Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester and an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. I was hoping to get some PC3200 RAM with it, but that would be too expensive for me at the moment. I currently have a gig of Apacer PC2700 RAM (2.5-3-3-7). How much of a performance decrease would there be. I did a search and could only find that "it will work", but there was no info as to how much using PC2700 RAM will affect performance. Will the 3200+ still run at 2.0GHz (10x200 bus with PC3200; 12x166 bus) or will it run at 1.6GHz (10x166 bus with PC2700)? Would it be best to just wait for the money to get the PC3200?

Thanks in advance.

 

[zakee00]

use the 2700 now, but get some ddr500 ram later if possible, then overclock it all to hell like i did lol, but i dont think you would notice a HUGE difference, use it now and see if it works out, and buy better stuff later.

 

[ts3433]

LINK
Even if you're going to overclock, don't worry.

 

[The J]

Cool! Thanks for the link.