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Originally Posted by fatty
Hi, quick question. Five years ago when I built my current PC it was pretty straightforward to figure out what kind of memory you needed for your processor. My Athlon 2500+'s FSB was 333mhz so the corresponding memory was DDR 2700 because it was 333mhz too or whatever. Anything more than that was just gravy and would not be necessary. Not a very technical explanation but you get what I am saying.
Fast forward to today and I am noticing that hardware has advanced enough that I can make a pretty sizable upgrade for not much cash money. The problem is that I have no idea how to figure out what flavour of memory should go with what kind of processor.
The CPU I am looking at purchasing is an Athlon 64 X2 5200+ with 2x1mb cache and 1000mhz FSB. What numbers should I be looking at to match up with memory? What is the optimally compatible memory with a processor like that - PC2-4200, etc etc...
EDIT: Also, I am considering pairing this with a Radeon x1950 PRO. What should I be looking at in wattage for a power supply?
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Wattage is not what you look at on a PSU - go for amperage on the +12 volt rail. I don't recall off the top of my head what a 1950 PRO would draw, but anything with 18 Amps on the +12 rail that it is connected to should be fine. Make that more amps if the CPU is also on the same rail.
Memory depends on what Motherboard you buy. If you get an AM2, then you will need DDR2. If you get a socket 939 (getting rarer these days), then you will probably be getting normal DDR 400 (PC3200). Anyway, the CPu you call out I beleive is an AM2 socket, but I am in the middle of something so I won't be able to look up its matching RAM speed at this very moment (but it should be DDR2).
One thing I am getting sick of with AMD is the constant change of sockets. Its annoying. Intel hangs on to their socket archetecture for long periods of time, but with AMD, it is actually costing me more because I have to replace so many subsystems just to support the new proc I am buying.
Anyway, back to compressing my video. bb in a bit.
-S