PC3700 (samsung) + Nforce 2 (a7n8x-x) = okay?

[sugarkang]

i always had full stability at 210FSB, but never above no matter how much i fiddled with the voltage. i suspect the ram, so i want to upgrade to the samsung pc3700.

my question is.... will this ram work with my mobo? the asus site says up to pc3200.

help?

 

[Wuzup101]

Generally speaking higher performing ram will always work on lower boards at the speeds the board is rated for. But yes I'm sure you could use the pc3700 successfully... now whether your board will go to the full 233mhz fsb is up in the air...

NforceHQ

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Originally posted by: sugarkang
i always had full stability at 210FSB, but never above no matter how much i fiddled with the voltage. i suspect the ram, so i want to upgrade to the samsung pc3700.

my question is.... will this ram work with my mobo? the asus site says up to pc3200.

help?

Running 1GB Geil PC3500 in my Asus A7N8X-X
No memory problems whatsoever
Of course, that doesn't say anything about Samsung chips, but I wouldn't worry too much if I were you
Get your RAM and enjoy!
Nice FSB speed, btw. I wish mine would run at that Stupid Barton won't go past 172MHz FSB without causing instabilities (Prime crashes after only a minute or so around 175MHz, regardless of VCore). I *know* it's not the memory either, because I've run so many stability tests on my ram I'd feel comfortable guaranteeing them to work for Nasa It's not my memory timings, either. Even when run at rated timings, I still can't push my FSB any higher.
It's not a heat or power issue either so that narrows it down to the chip or the mobo. Seeing as how both are brand-new and functioning properly, I'm blaming it on the locked Barton
One of these days I'm gonna pick up a mobile Barton and o/c the snot out of it. If I can't get an AXP cpu to run at *at least* 200MHz FSB, I'll switch to Intel :Q Just for the record: my last Intel-powered PC had a PIII 800 in it (as did the one before that) and I'm not a huge fan of the Netburst architecture (at least, not any currently existing implementation of it). Not that I wouldn't enjoy a highly o/c'd P4C @ 3.5GHz+, but I'm too poor for that so I'll just have to stick with AMD until I build my next system, perhaps later this year.
Sorry for going off-topic, but I thought it was all relevant so neener neener

 

[sugarkang]

i think i should clarify.

of course the pc3700 ram will work at 3200 and lower. but why would i do that, especially since i'm already running my current ram at that speed?

i'm trying to get an FSB higher than 210. i want to get up to 230, and i'll need pc 3700 to do that.
question is... will the motherboard accept pc3700 at 233FSB?

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Originally posted by: sugarkang
i think i should clarify.

of course the pc3700 ram will work at 3200 and lower. but why would i do that, especially since i'm already running my current ram at that speed?

i'm trying to get an FSB higher than 210. i want to get up to 230, and i'll need pc 3700 to do that.
question is... will the motherboard accept pc3700 at 233FSB?

That all depends on your specific setup... The board is theoretically capable of handling a 233MHz FSB, but no one knows if you'll actually get there or not... Only way to find out is to try

 

[psiu]

Could be limited by many things, but Northbridge coolings is a good bet.

 

[pelikan]

Like others in this thread mentioned, you will most likely run into your motherboard's limit before the ram. In fact you are probably at its limit right now. To run higher speeds, chances are you will either need a different MB, like the Abit NF7 or DFI Infinity/Lan Party, or you will have to do the VDD mod to give your chipset more voltage.

If ram is what you need, I'd be looking for some ram with Winbond BH-5 chips. Whether it says, "PC3700" or "PC3000" doesn't matter. The important thing is to get ram that runs with tight timings. Otherwise you may as well not raise the FSB. BH-5 chips tend to run 220 - 230 MHz FSB with reasonable voltage at Cas 2-2-2-x. Mine runs at 220 MHz with 2.8V and 230 MHz with 2.9V.
OCForums has a thread listing where to find BH-5.

 

[sugarkang]

thanks for the replies guys.

i don't actually expect to hit 233fsb. i just want to know that i can stick the ram chips in there.
at the very least, i want to know that i'm not limited by ram speed for my OC.