Compatible?/good buy?

2006-11-12 17:02:59

#1

spud924: Member; +12|6469|The Sticks, WA, USA

Im upgrading and wondering if this is a good choice and if it is compatible becuause i read in some review that it wasnt. There is no reason that it shouldnt be so can anyone give me an opinion?

Mobo upgrade ASUS P5B-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131070

RAM OCZ 2x 1GB DDR2 800 (PC6400) http://shop3.outpost.com/product/488480 … IN_RSLT_PG

If there is a better mobo out there for about the same price (maybe a little more $) please tell me...

thanks

Last edited by spud924 (2006-11-12 17:12:12)

2006-11-12 17:13:56

#2

misconfiguration: GURU; +86|6412|Indianapolis, IN

Correct me if I'm wrong I thought the DDR2 was only compatible with the X2 procs?

2006-11-12 17:21:07

#3

spud924: Member; +12|6469|The Sticks, WA, USA

first time ive heard that i hope its not true i got a P4 3.2 w/hyper threading

2006-11-12 17:59:52

#4

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|6658|Deep In The South Of Texas

Motherboard says:

Memory
Number of DDR2 Slots 4x 240pin DDR2
DDR2 Standard DDR2 800

Memory says:

OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-6400 / 800MHz

Looks good to me.

2006-11-12 23:08:00

#5

claor: Member; +39|6431|Australia

allll gooood. but if you can afford a little more try to get cas 4 ram

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/500831 … IN_RSLT_PG

Worth the little bit extra.

Good luck.

2006-11-13 10:31:50

#6

Janus67: Tech God; +86|6611|Ohio, USA

misconfiguration wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong I thought the DDR2 was only compatible with the X2 procs?

DDR2 has been supported by Intel much longer than AMD did with their AM2 processors.

On Topic: yes, it would be fine.

2006-11-13 14:54:28

#7

spud924: Member; +12|6469|The Sticks, WA, USA

claor wrote:
allll gooood. but if you can afford a little more try to get cas 4 ram

At the bottom of the specs on newegg it says:

Newegg wrote:
Notice: Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 is supported on Intel Desktop Boards based on Intel 965 Express Chipsets.

Maybe this isnt a good mobo to buy???? maybe it is??

2006-11-13 17:48:46

#8

claor: Member; +39|6431|Australia

oh sorrry didnt loook that far into it...... um maybe yeh look for another mobo or just go with the bits you had as they were goood.
Edit: Have a loook at this one . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813127235

Last edited by claor (2006-11-13 17:58:42)

2006-11-13 18:26:18

#9

spud924: Member; +12|6469|The Sticks, WA, USA

I look at the reviews on that board and found this and many many others that said things like this

Unless your CPU has a FSB of 1066, it cant run 800 DDR2. If your FSB is 800mhz, then u can only run 667 or below. that is to say u can oc your cpu to a 1066 FSB, then your 800 DDR2 will work at the actual speed rather then not getting the top performance.

does anyone know if this is true for just this board or for all mobos with 800FSB?

2006-11-13 19:21:08

#10

claor: Member; +39|6431|Australia

not sure mate. search around on that site you will find a goood mobo

2006-11-13 21:04:22

#11

montypythizzle: Member; +21|6619

looks good

2006-11-14 02:41:28

#12

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6732

Half of you don't know what your talking about. P5B is one of the best mobos on the market, go buy that and you will not regret.

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2006-11-14 04:31:56

#13

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6583|NYC / Hamburg

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Half of you don't know what your talking about. P5B is one of the best mobos on the market, go buy that and you will not regret.

2nd that. the p5b is probs the best 965 mobo out there currently.

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