newbie oc question

[chinkgai]

hi, i saw all the hype about the mobile amd chips and decided i wanted to jump in on the fun of overclocking as well.

i have decided on the mobile 2400+ and the abit nf7-s. now my question is this: i currently have two 512 sticks of PC2100 ram. do i have to upgrade this to hit those 2.4 or 2.5 ghz speeds that everyone seems to be hitting easily? thanks!

 

[Cheetah8799]

The PC2100 will work, but make sure you have the BIOS setup to run the ram at its slower speed. I suggest upgrading to faster ram though. DDR400 or better.

 

[Wuzup101]

I would suggest running faster ram to get your max performance (the nforce2 takes a hit when you run memory out of sinc - though it can easily be done w/ the divider). PC3200 or better would be ideal. However, I believe the M chips have a native fsb of 133 (266ddr) anyway (correct me if I'm wrong). You could easily OC w/ just the multipliers.

 

[chinkgai]

oh awesome, thanks for the reply guys. yeah i'd recommend myself to get faster ram too, but i want to slide by with the least costs possible at the moment. =\

as for slower ram speed, what should i set it at? i havent gotten a chance to play with it yet cuz my order hasnt come yet, but im jes askin now so i know as much as possible before i start messing things up... thanks again!

 

[chinkgai]

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