Ram

[ChasR]

txmx,
One other thing Asus boards are notorious for is under reporting CPU temp.  At the moment, I'm at 100% cpu utilization (folding) and Asus probe reports CPU temp of a nice cool 34 degrees C (93 F).  However, my Corsair Hydrocool thermistor reports the top of the waterblock is 33  degrees C (91 F) and my Thermaltake thermistor reports the bottom of the waterblock is 40 degrees C (104 F).  There is no way the CPU is running cooler then the waterblock.  Add at least 10 degrees C to whatever the Asus bios or probe reports.
Gunslinger,
In my previous post I was refering to the ram you already own.  Any system capable of dual chanel DDR will be faster with two sticks of ram @ 1:1.

[txmx]

Originally posted by ChasR
txmx,
the waterblock.  Add at least 10 degrees C to whatever the Asus bios or probe reports.

Yeah rgr that thx.
But even at 94f I am still well within the safe limit for a P4 2.4 CPU

LOL atleast that is what I have read .
And I have been running her hard this way for 8 months now and so far no failers knock on wood.

[Gunslinger]

All this helps me out alot.  What I plan on doing is using the slower RAM that I have now when I get my new CPU.  and run it at the lower bus speed.  Eventually I'm gonna replace my ram with the 400MHZ stuff and then Upgrade my CPU that will run at that speed.  That's the main reason I got the asus board is because it is compatable with the lower end CPUs that I can afford or ugradable to the faster ones that I cant.

I bought a new MB thinking my old one was bad....turns out it was the CPU.  NEW MB old CPU....no beeps on start up.  Kinda sucked.

Did you know a celeron 333 w/ 1g of ram will run windows XP fairly well.....that's what I'm doin now...no games of course but it surfs just fine.

[boxboy28]

Gunslinger .... im running the same board as you are and an xp2500 (old before they locked the multipliers) its running at 2.3 Gigs (200 fsb x what ever i forget) vs the 1.8 gig its rated at  ! yes i have good cooling a SLK947U heat sink with a tornado fan (loud even at lowest speed) but its cool!  + 2 sticks of 256 running dual channel of OCZ  3500

but your best ram bet for what you have is to get atleast PC DDR 3200 and set the FSB at 200 !!!!!!!!!!
If you realy want to find more info for your board and CPU loook at this

http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=44

box

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by boxboy28
Gunslinger .... im running the same board as you are and an xp2500 (old before they locked the multipliers) its running at 2.3 Gigs (200 fsb x what ever i forget) vs the 1.8 gig its rated at  ! yes i have good cooling a SLK947U heat sink with a tornado fan (loud even at lowest speed) but its cool!  + 2 sticks of 256 running dual channel of OCZ  3500

but your best ram bet for what you have is to get atleast PC DDR 3200 and set the FSB at 200 !!!!!!!!!!
If you realy want to find more info for your board and CPU loook at this

http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=44

box

just curious why run the board at 200FSP if a 2500 is capable of 333?  Heat?

[ChasR]

It's dual pumped so 200 x 2 = 400MHz.  Intels are quad pumped so a 200MHz FSB is 800MHz effective.

[Gunslinger]

OK sorry for all the questions but does that mean I have to have duel ch RAM to begin w/ or can I just run 2 reg DDR 512 PC3200 or 2 128s ect?

[ChasR]

If you put two identical sticks in the right slots the motherboard is going to use dual chanel which will give you a 5% to 15% (depending on who you beleive) increase in memory bandwidth.

[WhiteHawk]

Originally posted by txmx
Go to http://www.mushkin.com

I have some of there pc3500 lvl2 ddr  and its faster than stink.

I concurr.

[hawk410]

my PC calls for 2100 an the guy sold me a stick of 3200, will this hurt my board?

[boxboy28]

no