Athlon XP 333FSB and DDR 266 memory

[duongnt]

Hi,

I have an old XP 1700+ with 768mb DDR 266. Now I would like to upgrade the CPU to a newer one, preferably 2800+. However this 2800+ is 333fsb so my RAM is not compatible. I really do not want to update the RAM since it is a huge investment at the time I bought them. So can I just replace the chip and still get full speed of the processor? I tend not overclock the ram since it may break them.

Thanks,

[Swafe]

instead of 12.5 x 166 for the speed

it will go 12.5 x 133

which is a lot slower, probably slower than a xp2500, so its worth gettin the mem

[duongnt]

Thanks for the answer, so I will go with 2400+ then

[Swafe]

probably your best option, unless you want to upgrade, or you got some really decent pc2100 that will overclock to 166 (doubtful)

[Apex]

The ram will run at 133...while the chip runs at 166.

[Stubzz]

Couldn't he just unlock the multiplier, and use 133 * 15 (or whatever?).