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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

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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!!!

Reply to Mephistopheles

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

Reply to sabbath1

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?

Reply to Mephistopheles

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 :P 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

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