Will this system work?

[johnhatz4]

I have 2 DDR1 memory sticks 1GB PC2700 (333Mhz) and 512MB PC2700 (333Mhz) same brand from my old P4. A friend of mine gave me for free his processor
Pentium 4 820 Dual Core (1MB x 2 L2, 2.8GHZ, 800MHz)
I have also an XFX Geforce 7600GT AGP

http://www.digiconcepts.com/asus_motherboards_161.htm

For now I don't care about PCI Express

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

From Asus Website:

P5PE-VM specifications summary

CPU
LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium® D/ Pentium® 4/
Celeron processor
Supports Intel® Dual-Core 65nm Intel® processors
Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports Intel® Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)

Memory
1066/800/533 MHz
Dual-channel memory architecture
2 x 184-pin DIMM sockets support up to 2GB of
unbufferred non-ECC 400/333/266 MHz DDR DIMMs


Linkage: http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5PE-VM/e2609_p5pe-vm.pdf (Page 10)

 

[YO_KID37]

Yes, This System will Work.
You have RAM that Will be Be slightly Crippled, because of Non-DualChannel RAM, and they are Slower rated Speeds than your Motherboard can support.

And Your New Processor Which is In fact Not a Pentium 4 (Single Core only)<
It's a Pentium D (Manufactured Dual-core)

Even for a Pentium you should not Disrespect a Dual Core by calling it a Pentium 4(IMO)

 

[ajfink]

Yes, This System will Work.
You have RAM that Will be Be slightly Crippled, because of Non-DualChannel RAM, and they are Slower rated Speeds than your Motherboard can support.

And Your New Processor Which is In fact Not a Pentium 4 (Single Core only)<
It's a Pentium D (Manufactured Dual-core)

Even for a Pentium you should not Disrespect a Dual Core by calling it a Pentium 4(IMO)

Northwoods rocked the block in their day.

 

[johnhatz4]

Northwoods rocked the block in their day.[/quote]

You mean that i wont see any performance improve from my Northwood 2.66Ghz? Another solution is to choose INTEL PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT 531 - 3.00GHZ LGA775 - 800 - BOX.

So which is better?
INTEL PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT 531 - 3.00GHZ LGA775 - 800 - BOX
or
INTEL PENTIUM D 820 2.8 GHZ - LGA775 - 800 FSB - BOX

(My friend has computer store) 8)
so i can choose

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

Their prices are quite competitive. Although I am hesitant to order from less recognized sites...

http://www.digiconcepts.com/

 

[YO_KID37]

Northwoods rocked the block in their day.

You mean that i wont see any performance improve from my Northwood 2.66Ghz? Another solution is to choose INTEL PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT 531 - 3.00GHZ LGA775 - 800 - BOX.

So which is better?
INTEL PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT 531 - 3.00GHZ LGA775 - 800 - BOX
or
INTEL PENTIUM D 820 2.8 GHZ - LGA775 - 800 FSB - BOX

(My friend has computer store) 8)
so i can choose

OH GOD! Please Never EVER! EVER! EVER! Choose a "Prescott" Please Choose the Pentium D 820, If you even Consider Choosing that Pentium 4 I will personally, come from Toronto and Beat you with a Styrofoam Brick.

OMG, That is The "WORST" Processor in Intel History.

Sorry For sounding Extreme right now , but if some of the Forum Gurus See this they'll Probably have a Similar reaction if you even Think aout going for the Pentium "Prescott". (Prescott Killed the Pentium)

this can be seen as one of the most significant, certainly most public, engineering shortfalls in Intel’s history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4#Prescott

 

[johnhatz4]

Yes, This System will Work.
You have RAM that Will be Be slightly Crippled, because of Non-DualChannel RAM, and they are Slower rated Speeds than your Motherboard can support.

And Your New Processor Which is In fact Not a Pentium 4 (Single Core only)<
It's a Pentium D (Manufactured Dual-core)

Even for a Pentium you should not Disrespect a Dual Core by calling it a Pentium 4(IMO)

If i buy another one stick of 1GB Ram at 333Mhz (same brand) is to possible to work in dual channel with the other one? Or Dual channel requires DIMMS at 400Mhz at least?

 

[YO_KID37]

Yes, This System will Work.
You have RAM that Will be Be slightly Crippled, because of Non-DualChannel RAM, and they are Slower rated Speeds than your Motherboard can support.

And Your New Processor Which is In fact Not a Pentium 4 (Single Core only)<
It's a Pentium D (Manufactured Dual-core)

Even for a Pentium you should not Disrespect a Dual Core by calling it a Pentium 4(IMO)

If i buy another one stick of 1GB Ram at 333Mhz (same brand) is to possible to work in dual channel with the other one? Or Dual channel requires DIMMS at 400Mhz at least?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=669369&CatId=0

Seen by that link, Speed is not a factor but Dual-Channel Sticks are only there to provide extra bandwidth and stability while on Dual-channel mode
Single-Channel rated DDR in Dual-channel would work and even lower speeds would work, but only you'd be lacking some of the performance and bandwidth efficiency and "snap" in RAM usage events that you would get with Dual-Channel rated DDR 400 rather than Non- Dual Channel DDR333 On a Dual-Channel DDR400 Board.