| Branko2166 said: For people looking to upgrade or buy new computers for gaming here's a free piece of advice. If you want to take advantage of your hardware make sure that your motherboard supports the speeds that the rest of your components will be running on. For example it doesn't make sense to buy ram running at 1066mhz if your motherboard supports only up to 800mhz. So when building a computer make sure to find out the whole specs for each hardware component. At the end of the day your pc is only as fast as the slowest component if you catch my drift :) |
Actually, no. All components from good manufacturers will support components at least one speed grade above the manufacturers' guidance. It might seem 'risky', but it isn't and it saves you $100 on a new motherboard. For example, an FSB1600 part will work in a FSB1333 motherboard with no issues, ever. The fact that the rated speed is much lower than the real one is because a) Ratings are in worst possible conditions and b) if they get you to buy one board now and one board in six months just by changing a number that's ideal for them.
For example, an Xbox wireless hub will work with an Xbox 360 (I hear). They don't give support for it on the box because they want you to buy a new hub. It still works though.
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