Which socket A MBs will run the memory slower than the FSB?

[thedarkwolf]

I know that isn't the best idea but I have 768megs of older memory, 512megs of ddr333 and a 256meg stick of ddr266, and I need to upgrade. I would like to do the 2500+ barton overclock but there is no way either of those sticks are going to make ddr400 speeds. I would just go ahead and get new memory but I have blown a lot of cash this month already and would like to hold off on the memory for awhile.

I haven't been able to find much info on this other than this albatron board. None of the reviews really talk about this feature since they all go for max speed.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Any current sktA board with the proper bios adjustments will let you run the ram and fsb out of synch. The nF2 will take a performance hit due to increased latency, but I have no idea how the KT600 handles it. Anywho, it's not much of a real world difference between synch and asynch in most cases with the nF2 even though benchies make it look more dramatic, so grab a board*that Albatron is nice* and use all that ram

 

[thedarkwolf]

Thats what I am starting to discover. Its just none of the manuals I have read really make it clear. Sofar the only one that really stated that you can run the memory slower than the FSB is this MSI one.

 

[Supa]

I'm in the same boat as you are with 3 sticks of older ram (512-333, 256-333, 256-266 all Kingstons) and simply want to do an upgrade of mb + cpu without having to pay again for the 1 gig of ram. Right now I have a non overclocked Athlon XP 1700+ (.18 micron) and Geforce4 4200. I'm also thinking of upgrading to Barton. Is my current processor holding me back or should I just wait for Athlon 64 to come down in price in 6 months and in new platform?


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