AM2 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ FSB?

[magus57]

I've been looking for the FSB of the AM2 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+, but I keep on finding different numbers. Can anybody help me? I need to know because I want to build my own computer and need to know how much mhz memory I should buy.

 

[Geoff]

The AMD X2 doesn't really have an FSB, it uses Hyper-Transport Technology. The HTT on the X2 is 2000MT/s, or 1000Mhz I believe.

The A64 (and X2) line have a 5x HTT multiplier, to find out the speed, multiply it by the bus. So 200 x 5 = 1000Mhz HTT.

Hope that helped.

 

[fade2green514]

basically any memory will do. preferably ddr2 800 (CL4 suggested) for AM2 or ddr400 (CL2 suggested) for 939. either way i recommend you utilize dual channel.