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Postby a1 » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:07 pm

All of my time as a computer geek i was always interested in the speed of the processor. now is that the second to most important thing to memory? and should i even worry about speed if i have a Pentium 4 with hyper threading an 4Ghz. :-?
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Re: Computer speed.

Postby ctjoyce » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:46 pm

You're running a 4GHz pressy? Somehow I doubt this, as I thought I was the only one on the board with an OC like that.

Anyway there are many multiples in the speed of the computer. So a super high FSB must be supported by fast RAM, or you will have a problem. Also you have to make sure that your chipset can support the voltages on both RAM and CPU and not fry.

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Re: Computer speed.

Postby a1 » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:49 pm

oops read the wrong thing.  :o 3.20Ghz.
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Re: Computer speed.

Postby ctjoyce » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:19 pm

As for worrying about speed? Yes. All in all its still a single core, its just a single core that works harder than most. If I were you, I would have that thing cracked to a min of 3.6Ghz 3.9 prefered.

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