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robertdv   01-25-2008 at 10:04:36 PM

Hi,

I'm building my new rig, but I'm not sure if everything is going to work together if I don't tweak some settings in my bios.
(Keep in mind that I do want to OC)

These are my parts:

MB: Maximus extreme
CPU: E8400
Mem: 2Gb DDR3-1600 cl8 (OCZ-gold, platinum was/is to expensive for me)
GPU: 7800GTX (I'm waiting for the 9800GTX to arrive somewhere in march/april)
Power: tagan 900W

Now, my MB "supports" a fsb of 1600-OC, does this mean that my e8400 has to have a fsb of 800? seems nearly impossible...

Please help me out!

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Evilonigiri   01-25-2008 at 10:17:12 PM
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DDR3 isn't worth it. Stick with DDR2.

As for your fsb question, you divide by 4 to get 400fsb. It's quad pumped.

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robertdv   01-25-2008 at 10:27:43 PM
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Well, I already bought ddr3 before I knew it su*ked.

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robertdv   01-25-2008 at 10:32:28 PM
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1333/4 is 333, so if I set the fsb to 400 my memory will run at his stock speed.
Is the fsb of my cpu the same as the fsb of my mem? I alco noticed that a 1:1 relation between the 2 fsb is best, so fsb-400 for my mem -> 1600, and fsb-400 for my cpu -> ? I have to change the voltage right?

I know it's a lot to ask, but this is the only way to make it clear for me.

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Evilonigiri   01-25-2008 at 10:39:29 PM
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robertdv wrote :

1333/4 is 333, so if I set the fsb to 400 my memory will run at his stock speed.
Is the fsb of my cpu the same as the fsb of my mem? I alco noticed that a 1:1 relation between the 2 fsb is best, so fsb-400 for my mem -> 1600, and fsb-400 for my cpu -> ? I have to change the voltage right?

I know it's a lot to ask, but this is the only way to make it clear for me.


Yeah, there's only one fsb you know.

Anyways 1:1 ratio using 400FSB will give you 800MHz ram. In this case you do not need to increase the voltage for the ram. You may need to increase the cpu voltage though.

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robertdv   01-25-2008 at 10:46:45 PM
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Thanks!, I will put the fsb to 400 and by doing that I OC my CPU and my mem will be normal. (increasing the voltage of the cpu is what I meant;-)
If I want to OC my cpu even more (like 3.6-4.0) the mem is OC'ed automatically.

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