PC 2700 ram a bottleneck???

[Chopstick217]

I was wondering how much of a bottleneck running a 3200 xp w/ PC 2700 ram is. Im going to build my uncle a new comp and have 1 GB of OCZ memory from my previous comp. What do you guys think?? And thanks in advance.

 

[Ionizer86]

Um, what kind of comp for your uncle? Whether 2700 bottlenecks or not depends on the processor's bus. In any case, your OCZ 2700 may very well run at 3200: try it!

 

[Chopstick217]

I have the following for his comp:

-AMD 2500+ @ 3200 (runs prime for 24 hrs)
-1 GB OCZ PC 2700
-Abit NF7-S2 (not v2)
-Western Digital 160 GB 8 mb Cache
-G3 Ti200
-Creative sound blaster live 5.1
-52x32x52 16x dvd combo drive
-Antec case w/ 420 watt power supply
-Sony floppy
-Onbaord ethernet

Bascially most of the parts used are what i have laying around from previous upgrades. Hes a professor at CSULB so im sure its simply office apps and web browsing.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

If the Barton is locked and you are running 3200+ then asynch hurts a bit but the extra CPU speed is more than adequate compensation. Considering what he will use it for I'd say it's overkill anyways

 

[Chopstick217]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
If the Barton is locked and you are running 3200+ then asynch hurts a bit but the extra CPU speed is more than adequate compensation. Considering what he will use it for I'd say it's overkill anyways

How much of a performace decrease will it be if the ram is run out of sync?

 

[3chordcharlie]

Not very much. And it depends what the system is doing.

Worst case (encoding, running seti, a few others) would be... still not very much. For word processing and the like, you won't notice; if your uncle runs statistical software, CAD or snything like that, there will be some loss of performance, but probably not enough to justify replacing the ram.