underclocked pc3200

[Gostarseth]

I just built a system:

Asus P4C800
Corsair XMS 512mb DDR PC3200LL (2-2-2-6-T1)
P4 2.4 533 Northwood

I bought the better ram and mobo bc I felt it offered a better upgrade path. My questions now stem along the lines of have I thrown my system into an asynchronous mode? I was looking for good pc2700 performance basically from the ram/cpu combination.

I'm also unsure what mhz to set ram at.. 266 or 333.

I'm not new to building computers, but I have also never really tried to tweak my ram settings in bios. Any thoughts/advice would be helpful.

Thanks
Gostarseth

 

[Mephistopheles]

If you are using a 2.4Ghz, 533Mhz FSB P4 on a Canterwood mobo, you´ll be clocking your memory at 266, not 333 (that´s the synchronous setup)... it´s a pity you haven´t waited for the 2.4C, with 800Mhz FSB though... But you can always upgrade later, of course. That motherboard is excellent!!!

 

[sabbath1]

Is it just me who've had lots of problems with ASUS recently?

My system: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ CPU / TwinMOS 1Gb DDR400 / Soltek 75FRN-RL /
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro / Antec True Power 550W / Maxtor 80Gb ATA-133 / Hercules GTXP SC /
Samsung DVD / Lite-On CDRW

 

[Mephistopheles]

Hm... actually, I just read some reviews. I have (very sadly) not seen a P4C800 yet... And no, I´ve had no problems with ASUS. What happened to you?

 

[sabbath1]

Oh I just had crash problems and incompatibilities with P4S8X, P4G8X and A7N8X. Strangely enough I seem to be the only one with so many bad experiences with ASUS lately...ranging back 6 months or so. I believe ASUS is throwing out boards before they're finished...no wonder they're always the first out with new boards But again, is it just me?


My system: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ CPU / TwinMOS 1Gb DDR400 / Soltek 75FRN-RL /
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro / Antec True Power 550W / Maxtor 80Gb ATA-133 / Hercules GTXP SC /
Samsung DVD / Lite-On CDRW