MP and SDRAM

[heezer7]

ok I am about to buy a MP 1800+ really soon i hope and i wanted to know if it is still possible to run 133 SDRam with 1 processor. i kow you don't get that extra boost but i have a 512 chip and this might turn into a buy it over time project as the funds come in. i know this wonks great on a socket A 1.3 TB but i am not sure now with the new core. the board is the tyan Tiger MP (S2460) Board details (http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigermp.html) it says it can run DDR but nothing about SDRAM it would only be temp anyway.

[heezer7]

any one know?

[bobt17]

i dont know of any mp boards that would take sdram....... if there were one i am sure the processor would work fine with sdram instead of ddr ram... maybe someone else knows better then me tho

[heezer7]

so does any one know if it will take SDRam if it will take DDR

[bobt17]

if u mean will sdram fit into a ddr slot then no it wont


EDIT: that board will only take registered ddr ram

[juliendogg]

why would you wanna spend all that money for an mp (same performance as xp by the way) and stick it in an sdr board?

buy a 1600 or so xp and spend the rest on a good ddr board and some ram

[heezer7]

well see i want to buy as much of it as soon as i can and i don't have the money for they board chip and ram now. i have the sdram in my current pc

[bobt17]

how about buying the board and some ddr and a cheap duron untill u can afford a couple mp's to run in it?? i think that mp board can run in single processor mode as well so it would work

[heezer7]

well see i don't know how much money i am going to be able to beg out of my dad for all this before i go to college. i would have no problem getting a XP 1900 or so and the ram and everything. i was going to just get a single mp 1800 and buy the second later when more funds are avaible. this is still going to be awsome but that is about and extra $180 to get thayt mp vs xp. i was just wondering if i could save the $115 for the 512 ram to help convince him to get me the MP rig.

[cjlax5]

no, you have to use DDR with that Mobo

[SickBoy]

The TigerMP is an incredibly picky board with RAM. You definitely need to have registered DDR for it.

If you want a PC133 SDRAM based dually, you should be looking at a P3/Via 694D setup.

[chawken]

The Tyan Duallies Tiger or Thunder will only take DDR memory. If you run either board with only 1 processor, you can run unregistered DDR, if you run 2 processors, you run ECC registered DDR on them.

[heezer7]

is the ECC Registered Ram a lot more money than the un registered ddr?

[Anonymous Jeff]

Originally posted by heezer7
is the ECC Registered Ram a lot more money than the un registered ddr?

It's like another ten bucks or so