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FSB and DDR?

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Name: kenchan
Date: May 9, 2008 at 08:04:22 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: duo core e6750 / 2gb
Product: msi
Comment:

hi guys. i want to know what FSB has to do with RAM. my mobo has FSB/DDR 1066 capability with DDR2 and i currently using 2x 1gb DDR2 800 RAM. So does this mean that my computer can support DDR2 1066? And does this help overclocking?

ty sorry for my bad english




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Name: jam
Date: May 9, 2008 at 09:53:41 Pacific
Reply:

You should really deal with the frequency, not the DDR or QDR ratings.

Intel "quad-pumps" the FSB so to get the actual frequency, you need to divide by 4. The E6750 runs at 1333MHz FSB, so 1333/4 = 333MHz frequency.

RAM is "double-pumped" so to get the memory frequency, you need to divide by 2. DDR2-800 runs at 800/2 = 400MHz frequency.

In other words, DDR2-800 (400MHz) already runs faster than the 1333MHz (333MHz) CPU. DDR2-1066 runs at 533MHz. There's no way you're gonna overclock your system high enough to take full advantage of DDR2-1066 RAM. If you lock the DDR2-800 at 400MHz, then increase the CPU frequency to 400MHz to match the RAM, your CPU would run at 3.20GHz & your CPU:DRAM ratio would be 1:1.

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