If u have a MOBO that has FSB of 2600 HT and a CPU of 2000 HT do u have 600 extra to play with. Also if u have a 1000 HT MOBO and a 2000 HT CPU then is the CPU only operating at 50%? WinXP Pro 64 Bit AMD X2 5200 Windsor Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR 800 EVGA Geforce 7950GT 512

You're still not getting it. ALL current AMD CPUs run at 200MHz frequency & there is no FSB. The HyperTransport bus (aka, Lightning Data Transport or LDT) replaced the FSB. The HT bus runs at 1000MHz...it's sometimes referred to as 2000MHz because the bus is DDR. There is no such thing as "2600 HT".

Basically what I am asking is this Motherboard I am looking at reads 2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) and the CPU I am looking at reads 2000MHz Hyper Transport. That means the Motherboard is 600MHz different. What does that affect in either capabilities and Overclocking. WinXP Pro 64 Bit AMD X2 5200 Windsor Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR 800 EVGA Geforce 7950GT 512

I don't know where you're getting that info from but either it's written improperly or you're misunderstanding it. Could it be the motherboard is listed at eBay? Post a link.

http://www.newegg.com/product/produ... Link for my CPU http://www.newegg.com/product/produ... Link for my MOBO This is why i'm asking the way I am. it reads plain day what i'm asking. WinXP Pro 64 Bit AMD X2 5200 Windsor Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR 800 EVGA Geforce 7950GT 512

I already explained to you that the HT bus runs at 1000MHz but it is sometimes referred to as 2000MHz because the bus is DDR. MT/s = Megatransfer per second, but for our purposes, it's the same as DDR 2000MHz, which is the same as 1000MHz. It does NOT say "2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s)" anywhere in the CPU description. The CPU descript calls the bus "2000MHz"...the motherboard descript calls the bus "1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)". As I explained above, they are the same thing!! You're looking for a problem that isn't there. You need to do some reading: http://icrontic.com/articles/overcl...

Ok so whats the best RAM I can get (speed and Cas Latency if needed) for my setup i showed you. WinXP Pro 64 Bit AMD X2 5200 Windsor Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR 800 EVGA Geforce 7950GT 512