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400mhz RAM OK with a 33mhz FSB Processor?

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lancingfury

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400mhz RAM OK with a 333mhz FSB Processor?

I tried to search this, but it seemed to take forever to search, and I don't know if anybody has actually asked a question this dumb before.

I built a system about a year ago, I had about $400 total, (already had case, etc. only bought mobo, processor, ram, video, psu, etc.) and so I ended up with an Athlon XP 2500+, Radeon 9600Pro 128mb, 512 megs of........ ....PC2100 Kreton "value" ram. :bang head loading times in ut2004 stretch into the minutes. i turn off my monitor and do something while waiting to hear the music to let me know its done :rolleyes:

I am now replacing the ram, and I am wondering if this RAM would be OK: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450

Would it be a problem that it's 400mhz whereas my cpu's fsb is 333mhz?

Would this be better? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145401 however, its almost as expensive as 2 sticks of 400mhz!!!

Sorry for the stupid question, I've simply never heard whether it was a problem.

EDIT: Incase you need to know, my motherboard is a Shuttle... I believe it's an AN35-N Ultra, it supports CPU's with FSB's of up to 400mhz.
 
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yes it's ok it will just run at 333 which will give you a bit of overhead if you try to overclock as your ram won't be overclocked until you start trying to run a fsb anywhere past 200 (which is 400mhz due to the fact that it's doubled)
 
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