The last system I built was a XP2100+ with the CPU, mobo and DDR memory all at a 266Mhz FSB. Everything running at the same speed and nothing really being the "bottleneck".
I'm looking to build a A64 system and I'm a little confused.
The CPU and Mobo I'm planning on getting support a 1GHZ FSB. From reviews most people are pairing this up with DDR400 which only runs at 400MHz correct? So does the memory become the bottleneck of the system? Does the memory controller being on the CPU now influence this whole equation and make the FSB a moot point? The fastest memory is 533Mhz now I believe so has the speed of memory just fallen behind everything else?
I hope these questions don't sound stupid and that you can follow my train of thought from the old xp2100+ everything at the same FSB to the current set ups and the differences in speeds. And the more I keep reading posts and reviews I'm just getting further and further confused.
Thank you in advance for any input.
I'm looking to build a A64 system and I'm a little confused.
The CPU and Mobo I'm planning on getting support a 1GHZ FSB. From reviews most people are pairing this up with DDR400 which only runs at 400MHz correct? So does the memory become the bottleneck of the system? Does the memory controller being on the CPU now influence this whole equation and make the FSB a moot point? The fastest memory is 533Mhz now I believe so has the speed of memory just fallen behind everything else?
I hope these questions don't sound stupid and that you can follow my train of thought from the old xp2100+ everything at the same FSB to the current set ups and the differences in speeds. And the more I keep reading posts and reviews I'm just getting further and further confused.
Thank you in advance for any input.