I recently picked up an XP-M 2600+ CPU that I plan to put into my main computer (a Shuttle SK43G system). It currently has a 2800+ in it, but I'm looking to pu the mobile processor in it to use a bit more power and hopefully generate a bit less heat (well, before the overclock at least....).
My main question though is to what would be best to do in the type of memory to use. The 2800+ runs at 333mhz, and as such needed DDR333 memory to use it at its full bus speed. The 2600+ mobile however runs at 266mhz (natively)- and I've read several places that it's best to have the RAM's native bus speed matched up with the bus speed of the processor, meaning it would be better to have DDR266 (PC2100) memory running with the 2600+ than the current DDR333 (PC2700) sticks.
So, what I'm wondering is: would I likely be best off picking up new DDR266 memory for the computer for trying to overclock it, or sticking with the DDR333 that's in it now? (I'm going to have to be buying more memory of some kind anyway since I'm building another computer, and would either be buying new memory for it or putting the memory from this one into it). Thanks!
My main question though is to what would be best to do in the type of memory to use. The 2800+ runs at 333mhz, and as such needed DDR333 memory to use it at its full bus speed. The 2600+ mobile however runs at 266mhz (natively)- and I've read several places that it's best to have the RAM's native bus speed matched up with the bus speed of the processor, meaning it would be better to have DDR266 (PC2100) memory running with the 2600+ than the current DDR333 (PC2700) sticks.
So, what I'm wondering is: would I likely be best off picking up new DDR266 memory for the computer for trying to overclock it, or sticking with the DDR333 that's in it now? (I'm going to have to be buying more memory of some kind anyway since I'm building another computer, and would either be buying new memory for it or putting the memory from this one into it). Thanks!
