Bus Speed

[gavin]

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As i understand it, different CPUs have different front side bus speeds.

My SDRAM works on 100mhz. Would I be correct in assuming that the CPU i
need to buy also needs to have a FSB of 100mhz, or is this rubbish and a 133
mhz CPU would also work?

Mobo works on a 440bx chipset.

 

[Guest]

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Gavin wrote:
> As i understand it, different CPUs have different front side bus speeds.
>
> My SDRAM works on 100mhz. Would I be correct in assuming that the CPU i
> need to buy also needs to have a FSB of 100mhz, or is this rubbish and a 133
> mhz CPU would also work?
>
> Mobo works on a 440bx chipset.
>
>


440BX doesn't officially support anything higher than 100MHz FSB.

Unless it's a third party mobo customized for overclocking (like an Abit
BX133, etc.) you need a 100MHz FSB processor. Or a 66 Mhz FSB processor,
but that's going downhill.