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General discussion

Memory upgrade

Feb 18, 2004 4:05AM PST

I am running a Soyo PX400 dragon lite w/ 533 fsb
p4 2.4 pentiun 533 fsb
500 w power supply
512 m Pc2700 memory

The board will support Pc 3200 memory, if I would go to 512m PC3200, how much improved performance coulld I expect.

Running Window XP Home

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Re:Memory upgrade
Feb 18, 2004 5:07AM PST

"The board will support Pc 3200 memory, if I would go to 512m PC3200, how much improved performance coulld I expect."

Almost none. The board runs at the slower speed of the slower sticks. You can sift through http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040119/ to see that even from PC2700 to PC3200 it will be doubtful you could tell any real difference except in a benchmark.

Bob

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Re:Memory upgrade
Feb 18, 2004 9:40PM PST

If you buy the faster memory it will still run at the speed of your FSB. That will not change with faster memory, so the speed will be no different. You would have to boost the FSB and that would require at least a processor upgrade (if not a motherboard upgrade as well).

Buying faster memory expecting to use it in the future is almost always a waste of time, because the memory requirements change every couple of years, and that memory will most likely not be fast enough for your next system.