Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > CPU's FSB match Motherboard's?????????

CPU's FSB match Motherboard's?????????

Forum CPU & Components : CPUs - CPU's FSB match Motherboard's?????????

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
sam1   01-25-2006 at 12:15:57 AM

Hi. Amd Athlon 64 socket 939 CPUs have 2000 MHz FSB right? Do I need a motherboard that supports 2000MHz FSB too, to use all of the CPU's FSB?

If a motherboard only supports 1000MHz FSB, is it gonna only use half of the CPU's FSB?

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
ShortyNumber45   01-25-2006 at 12:34:39 AM
- 0 +

2000Mhz is not really the actual bus speed... that bus rate is split into 4 parts using quad-data rate so the FSB is only 250Mhz or 200Mhz. what matters is you should match the kind of core that the mobo can support w/ your CPU's core.

Reply to ShortyNumber45
sam1   01-25-2006 at 12:46:19 AM
- 0 +

So a motherboard like A8N-Sli or A8N-E supports venice core right? I think they support any core of Athlon 64s.

For example some websites say that A8N-E supports 1000MHz bus speed, but Athlon 64 socket 939s all have 2000MHz of bus speed, I was afraid of that 1000MHz would be unused. After reading at a random forum, a guy says that with Hyper Transport, Amd's CPUs run at double speed. So a motherboard with description of 1000MHz bus speed and supports Hyper Transport Technology, it is the same as saying this motherboard supports 2000MHz bus speed. Is this correct?

Reply to sam1
ShortyNumber45   01-25-2006 at 12:52:21 AM
- 0 +

yes, that mobo can support all kinds of A64s. I think the 2000Mhz pertains to the FSB of the CPU & the 1000 Mhz pertains to the FSB of Hyper-transport

Reply to ShortyNumber45
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > CPU's FSB match Motherboard's?????????
Go to:

There are 1240 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.233 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?