Mobo FSB question

[Life of Brian]

Hi,

Most of the socket 478 mobos sold today indicate they have a FSB of 533 or
800 Mhz. I got a P4 2Ghz, 400 Mhz FSB CPU. Will this cpu still work in mobos
with a higher FSB rating?

Thanks for al the replies,

Brian

 

[El Jerid]

Hi,

Most of the socket 478 mobos sold today indicate they have a FSB of 533 or
800 Mhz. I got a P4 2Ghz, 400 Mhz FSB CPU. Will this cpu still work in mobos
with a higher FSB rating?

Of course, it will work But your system will run at the slowest component
speed, which is 400 MHz (4 x 100 MHz).

 

[James]

Of course, it will work But your system will run at the slowest component
speed, which is 400 MHz (4 x 100 MHz).

Is there any heat considerations with such a set up?

 

[kony]

Is there any heat considerations with such a set up?

Since it runs slower, the northbridge and memory produce less heat, so
the consideration would be whether you need as much cooling as a
faster system. However the northbridge and memory are seldom the
parts that overheat, so practically no significant benefit or
difference, just less performance.


Dave

 

[catch no ball]

You can go to the respective motherboard website, eg intel, asus, msi,
gigabyte, etc for information.