PC2100 w/ 333 MHz Barton and Soyo KT600 Ultra PE

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"anybody" <anybody@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com> wrote in message
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> I'm building a system using:
>
> Soyo SY-KT600 Ultra Platinum Edition Motherboard
> Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
> PC2100 sticks of several sizes and makes
>
> The CPU's FSB rating is 333 MHz. Does that mean I can also run it at
> 266 MHz so as to synchronize it with the PC2100 memory?
>
> I know the memory is not well suited to the CPU, but I just want to run
> everything according to spec, safe and sane, without much tweaking.
>
> The BIOS offers these settings for "CPU Freqency Mode":
> Auto, Manual, 100, 120, 133, 140, 150, 166, 200.
>
> The FSB can be set from 100 to 255 in 1 MHz increments.
>
> The DRAM clock can be 100, 133, 166, 200, or by SPD.
>
> The CPU multiplier can be set from 5 to 17 using DIP switches.
>
> Would it work to just set the CPU frequency and the FSB and the DRAM
> clock to 133?
>
> How should I set the multiplier?
>

Ummmmmm . . . OH, boy, where to start.

Most modern chipsets can support asynchronous memory speed settings. That
is, the CPU clock (before multiplier) can be different from the speed the
memory is running at. If the CPU clock and RAM are the same, your system
will be very slightly faster, but you will only notice if you run some kind
of benchmark on it. That is to say, there will be no noticeable
differencek, and the NUMERICAL difference will be tiny. And while
underclocking your CPU would not cause much of a noticeable difference,
either, there is no GOOD reason to underclock your CPU. The underclocked
CPU is going to slow your system down more than matching CPU and RAM speed
will "speed it up". You'll have a net LOSS of system performance caused by
(ironically) your attempt to speed things up a bit.

My suggestion . . . run your CPU and RAM at default settings, or set your
BIOS to "auto". -Dave

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"dave" <dvnj@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Matt <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote in message
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> > Dave C. wrote:
> >
> > > My suggestion . . . run your CPU and RAM at default settings, or set
your
> > > BIOS to "auto". -Dave
> >
> > Thanks, Dave. I did that (except I put RAM at "by SPD" ) and it seems to
> > work fine.
> >
> > Pretty happy with the board, except: the CPU seems to run hot (59 C on
> > die), the onboard sound is choppy (added in a cheap sound card), the
> > card readers in the included 6-in-1 are crummy. The board has a lot of
> > fancy stuff (SATA RAID, gigabit ethernet, 8 USBs, 3 firewires) that I
> > probably won't get around to using for awhile.
> >
> > Got it from zipzoomfly for $15 after rebate, but it looks like Soyo is
> > going to owe me $110 for a few months.
>
>
> Good luck collecting.
> You need to get the die temp down at least 10 C
> Dave

Still waiting 4 months later, for my rebate...

MC