memory bus speed

hi im going to buy a high quality computer motherboard and was going to get
a dual amd 64 bit. the memory is 400mhz and theres 8 slots.
now how dos the memory work with the bus speed ?
if its 400mhz for the ram dos it use 400mhz for each ram stick and equal
3200mhz bus speed in total or am i wrong
p.s i have a LD thats why my writing is not perfect.

It's 400.



if its 400mhz for the ram dos it use 400mhz for each ram stick and equal
3200mhz bus speed in total or am i wrong
p.s i have a LD thats why my writing is not perfect.

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hi im going to buy a high quality computer motherboard and was going to
get
a dual amd 64 bit. the memory is 400mhz and theres 8 slots.
now how dos the memory work with the bus speed ?
if its 400mhz for the ram dos it use 400mhz for each ram stick and equal
3200mhz bus speed in total or am i wrong
p.s i have a LD thats why my writing is not perfect.


If I am thinking correctly, ram for adual processor board is the same for a
single processor board. The 400Mhz ram you are getting is actually spec'd
to work at 800Mhz, DDR= Dual Data Rate. So 400 X 2 =800Mhz. The way it
works (I believe) is that 4 slots are for one processor and 4 slots are for
the other. I amnot 100% on this as I really haven't worked too much with
dual processor systems.

-Chris