The 2500+ Barton is 166Mhz FSB so PC2700 is the proper match. I may bo
PC3200 if the price difference is minimal. As for matched pair, the
shuttle AN35N motherboard uses the Nvidia nforce2 chipset. Using 2
pieces of matched ram and the motherboard will treat the memory
subsystem as double width for a huge increase in memory performance.

By matched though, I don't mean anything other than 2 pieces of
identically speced ram preferably from the same batch.

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:38:46 +0000 (UTC), "O |V| 3 G A"
wrote:

aint the bartons 200fsb (ddr400)? so why 2700 ram? and why matched pair? if
the barton was 166fsb (ddr333) then i`d still get the pc3200 and push upto
200fsb

2700 is only 'rated' for ddr333
matched pair is a con for the extra few quid - i didnt bother.

i`m running dual channel TwinMOS (with winbond CH-5 controller) PC3200 2x
512mb on nforce2 asus a7n8x deluxe - were bought at the same time, from the
same supplier, for £80 for both iirc. were from www.komplett.co.uk

tim


"mike" wrote in message
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Okay, my current setup:

Athlon XP 2400+ retail running at 2240 (reads as a 2600+)
Shuttle AN35N m/b
2x512Mb PC2100 sticks of ram (not matched) at 140Mhz on the bus
Connect3D 9600 Pro 128Mb (overclocked core - 490/memory - 702)
Samsung SP1203N 120Gb ATA133 HD
LG 52/24/52 CD-R
Windows XP Pro sp1

It all runs quite well. A friend of mine wanted my 2400+ so I bought a
2500+ Barton. I'm going to have to run it with a 140Mhz bus for a
month or two till I can pry loose enough money to get a matched pair
of PC2700 ram. Anyone running a Barton at 133Mhz and using the
multiplier to clock it up? Wondering how well this will work or will I
have to live with it at a lower clock speed until I get the proper
ram?