This summer I was planning to build a mid-level gaming system for a family member of mine. Comparing prices, performance and relative future-proofness I've decided on going for an AMD system.
The exact components are all a little dependant on what prices are being offered at the time of purchase, but at the moment it would be an AMD Athlon 4600+ X2 EE. The games being played on the system won't be the newest, graphical pushing games out there, probably just various MMORPGs, so I'm leaning towards 1GB of RAM.
My questions are:
1) Can you pair faster than DDR2-800 with an AMD CPU (DDR2-1000)?
2) If so, what are the performance benefits (in and out of games)?
3) If 1 is yes and 2 is reasonable, are there any special requirements involved other than just sticking the RAM and CPU in to the motherboard?
The exact components are all a little dependant on what prices are being offered at the time of purchase, but at the moment it would be an AMD Athlon 4600+ X2 EE. The games being played on the system won't be the newest, graphical pushing games out there, probably just various MMORPGs, so I'm leaning towards 1GB of RAM.
My questions are:
1) Can you pair faster than DDR2-800 with an AMD CPU (DDR2-1000)?
2) If so, what are the performance benefits (in and out of games)?
3) If 1 is yes and 2 is reasonable, are there any special requirements involved other than just sticking the RAM and CPU in to the motherboard?