[gman]

I have an Athlon XP 3000+ that runs at a FSB speed of 333 MHZ. I have 1 GB of PC-3200 DDR RAM that is rated at 400 MHZ. Should I set my RAM speed to 333 MHZ to coincide with my processor FSB or keep it at 400 MHZ for optimal efficiency? Any help would be appreciated.

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Hi gman, welcome to Geeks to Go!

If you increase the FSB to 400mhz you'll be substantially overclocking your processor. I doubt a 3000+ has the headroom to allow this type of overclock.

[admin]

Hi gman, welcome to Geeks to Go!

If you increase the FSB to 400mhz you'll be substantially overclocking your processor. I doubt a 3000+ has the headroom to allow this type of overclock.

[gman]

Thank you for the welcome. I think you accidentally misunderstood my question. I can change my RAM speed via BIOS and I'm trying to find out if I should set the speed of my RAM to 333 MHZ, which is the same as my processor FSB. The RAM is capable of 400 MHZ so I want to know which speed is the most optimal, 333 or 400 MHZ for my RAM. Once again, any help is greatly appreciated.

[admin]

If you have the option to adjust you RAM speed independently of your FSB, defiantly do it. It'll increase your memory bandwidth. Increased memory bandwidth will provide increased performance mostly for gaming, but also video/audio encoding, and other intensive tasks.