Mobo FSB question

"El Jerid" wrote in message
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"Life of Brian" wrote in message
.be...
Hi,

Most of the socket 478 mobos sold today indicate they have a FSB of 533
or
800 Mhz. I got a P4 2Ghz, 400 Mhz FSB CPU. Will this cpu still work in
mobos
with a higher FSB rating?


Of course, it will work But your system will run at the slowest component
speed, which is 400 MHz (4 x 100 MHz).



Is there any heat considerations with such a set up?

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:24:52 +0100, "James"
wrote:


Of course, it will work But your system will run at the slowest component
speed, which is 400 MHz (4 x 100 MHz).



Is there any heat considerations with such a set up?



Since it runs slower, the northbridge and memory produce less heat, so
the consideration would be whether you need as much cooling as a
faster system. However the northbridge and memory are seldom the
parts that overheat, so practically no significant benefit or
difference, just less performance.


Dave

You can go to the respective motherboard website, eg intel, asus, msi,
gigabyte, etc for information.


"Life of Brian" wrote in message
.be...
Hi,

Most of the socket 478 mobos sold today indicate they have a FSB of 533 or
800 Mhz. I got a P4 2Ghz, 400 Mhz FSB CPU. Will this cpu still work in
mobos
with a higher FSB rating?

Thanks for al the replies,

Brian