Newbie question about memory

[jazzip]

Hi all,

I have DDR2100 memory from an old Duron system. I want to upgrade the processor. What's the best AMD processor that I can use with that old memory? My motherboard supports 266MHz bus.

This new memory rating system isn't like the old PC133 which use to mean 133MHz bus speed. I read up on it a bit and I know that my memory will do 266MHz, but I'm not really up on the CPU's that will work with this bus speed.

Thanks for the help in advance!

Jaz

 

[jazzip]

After reading up some more I think I might have found the answer. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

PC2100 Ram will work w/ up to Athlon XP 2400+ since that is the last AMD processor with 266MHz bus.

Is is okay to run PC2700 Ram with a processor that runs at 266MHz like the Athlon 2400+?

Thanks,
Jaz

 

[Boyne7]

yes it will work perfectly fine, though your ram will be running at 266mhz not 333

 

[myocardia]

You're correct, the fastest 266mhz bus Athlon is the XP2400. And if you buy (or otherwise acquire!) some PC2700 ram at a later date, then you will be able to overclock that 2400.

 

[Geomagick]

The beauty of most systems these days is that memory can run asynchronously with the FSB. That way we don't need to upgrade everything in one go - although that is nice to do once in a while.