Mobo Probo's

[Razors Edge]

Mobo is motherboard as is to Probo is to problem.

Yeah Since I am finally ready to upgrade my 478 socket to a PCI-E 16, I want this MOBO.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130539

It says the DDR standard is 333 or somthing, But my 184 pin memory is 400 or somthing. Will that work on this motherboard?

-All help or comments are apreciated. Thankss

[The Black Pumpkin]

It should with no problem, unless the mobo has a probo (:p) with the specific ram sticks. It should just default to the lower speed.

[b4i7]

yes...your motherboard will down clock the memory to work with it....kinda like if you put a ata 133 hard drive on a ata100 slot.....it will down it to work with your system

[Razors Edge]

Ok, but the 333 or 400 speed, will that make a significant difference where it will slow me down in preformance?

[Indybird]

You won't notice a whole lot of difference; maybe 5 or less FPS in a game...

[Razors Edge]

Ok also on this motherboard, Say I buy 1 gig of DDR2, Can i use my ddr and my DDR2 at the same time on this motherboard or no?

[dgrmkrp]

sorry, u can't use 2 memory types at the same time..
and using ddr400 in a ddr33 mode means u can lower latencies :)
i used 2-2-2-5 with my old modules.. they were ddr400 cheapo.. but they sparked at 266mhz :)

[chedabob]

yeah, but it runs at the slowest sticks speed.

[dgrmkrp]

yeah, but it runs at the slowest sticks speed.
wait.. u don't mean like he can use ddr1 with ddr2.. ? do you?

'cause i've seen this same issue when sdr and ddr coexisted far far back in time.. and it absolutelly stated that u can't have 2 memory controllers active :) i haven't seen this issue being brought up till now for ddr2, but i'm 99,99% sure there is no way.. i had read a review for an asrock board.. it used socket 939 and ddr 1 and as an upgrade u got a doughter board with an am2 socket and ddr2 "slots".. but it clearly said that it is common sense both can't be used :) talking about cpus and/or memory? i'm not sure and i left my 0,01% margin of error..

[progbuddy]

What happened to the PCI slots:? Yeah, it should work (RAMwise, that is:p )

[justleftlife]

my opinion is that MSI is a good mobo but ASUS is much better... For about 600 dollars you can have an A8N mobo AMD 4000+ (2.2ghz i think) with a x800 GTO2 (over clocked to a X850 w/ 16 pipelines) Corsair 1 gb ram and a nice power source... Just my what i think you should do if you have the money. The mobo runs for about 185.

[CanaBalistic]

Just remember this when buying a mobo...

The mobo is the most critical part of your system. It is essentually the nervous system. A better mobo will increase performance better than a moderate cpu upgrade. If you're looking for hands down best performance, i would sugjest to you an Asus AI-LifeStyle board. However thoes can be quite expencive. If you have an AMD proc, DFI has some killer boards. The higer end boards will allow you to overclock further, take advantage of faster memory... All around goodness!

Expect to pay 150-200 for a high end mainboard.

[Chel]

DFI FTW :D

seriously though if you even consider overclocking go with DFI. Asus is my number two option. Also look into Gigabyte mobos - some models are good. First thing though make a list of all the features you want ie pci-e, sataII, onbaord audio etc then go from there.

[justleftlife]

DFI i havent really looked into them but i can tell you that i had a bad experience with ABIT boards i had one that was DOA but that would be a number of things, also shuttle is another one to kinda stay away from if you are trying to get a gaming system.