I have the Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi -Ap Edition Mobo and was thinking of upgrading to better/more RAM when I get Vista. I read on the website and box: the P965 chipset supports up to DDR2 PC2-6400 (800) RAM, but also the Kingston Hyperx PC2 8500 (1066) RAM.
The problem is this PC 8500 RAM appears to only come in up to 1GB sticks. I want 2 * 2GB sticks, so I have the option of upgrading to 8GB later. http://www.kingston.com/hyperx/products/khx_ddr2.asp Also, if I upgraded my E4300 CPU to a faster (1333 Mhz) CPU (such as E8400/Q9450?) would the CPU FSB be throttled to 1066Mhz? (the max supported on P965)
Does the board only support Kingston HyperX PC2-8500 RAM or any PC2-8500 RAM? Any recommendations on what RAM and CPU I should get? I was thinking of getting 1066Mhz RAM and overclocking my E4300 so the FSB😀RAM ratio was 1:1. Is this good idea?
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1179&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307 - mobo website
The problem is this PC 8500 RAM appears to only come in up to 1GB sticks. I want 2 * 2GB sticks, so I have the option of upgrading to 8GB later. http://www.kingston.com/hyperx/products/khx_ddr2.asp Also, if I upgraded my E4300 CPU to a faster (1333 Mhz) CPU (such as E8400/Q9450?) would the CPU FSB be throttled to 1066Mhz? (the max supported on P965)
Does the board only support Kingston HyperX PC2-8500 RAM or any PC2-8500 RAM? Any recommendations on what RAM and CPU I should get? I was thinking of getting 1066Mhz RAM and overclocking my E4300 so the FSB😀RAM ratio was 1:1. Is this good idea?
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1179&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307 - mobo website