Regarding EPOX Ep-9NPA+ Ultra

[redaetskcod]

I was recently suggested on one of these forums to go with an Epox ep-9npa+ ultra... but it only has a 1000 MHz FSB. won't that bottleneck my processor?... here' my system:

AMD64 939 3500+
Epox Ep-9NPA+ Ultra
OCZ Dual Channel 1024M 512MX2)PC3200
W.D/MAXTOR 200G SATA 8M
Pioneer 109 16X Dual Layer DVD±R/RW
GIGABYTE GF FX6600 256M TVO (PCI-E x16)
Enermax 450W EG465P-VE Dual Fan

Thanks!!!

 

[over_c]

Absolutely not. The 1000 MHz HTT bus is sometimes reported as 2000 because of some data multiplying. Remeber that the 1000 is also a multiplier of 200 MHz, which is the actual speed of the bus. This is similar to why DDR400 is called 400 when the bus is really only 200 MHz.

 

[redaetskcod]

so that won't affect the athlon 64 with its 1600 MHz bus???

 

[over_c]

The AMD64 with the 1600 MHz bus is one that just has a multiplier of 4 instead of 5.

You should note that some articles have been published in overclocking showing the the change of the LDT multiplier has, at worst, a negligible effect on the performance of the system. People have lowered their LDT multiplier to 2 and 3 instead of 4 or 5 and lost less than 1% of system performance.

I'm not sure I understand your entire line of questioning. Are you wondering why the bus isn't the same speed as the processor?

 

[pat]

1600/2 is 800 .. so still 200 to 1000. The way you talk about the bus, then 1000 wold become 2000, which is still 400 over the 1600.

Dont undersand? easy, Take a highway. speed limit is 60 MP/H. the way you are thinking would mean 120MPH, because cars can go 60 on one way and 60 in the other way. Marketing make bigger number the better.. so instead of writing only 800 or 1000, they rather add both way of the bus an d make it 1600 or 2000.

Dont understand yet? .. too bad. time over.

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[redaetskcod]

its just the FSB speed listed in the processor specs is 1600MHz where the FSB listed in the motherboard specs is only 1000MHz, and I was just wondering if that would bottleneck my processor.. but I think I might understand now...thanks

 

[redaetskcod]

but will that limit the processor which has an FSB of 1600MHz?

 

[redaetskcod]

Thanks alot!!! that makes perfect sense. I guess that's all I needed... Thanks again!!!
Luke