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Memory For Optiplex GX260
The specs for this model call for PC2100. I was wondering if that is the only memory that will work, or can you use PC2700 or PC3200 in it? My particular model is running at the 533MHz system bus speed and has the 3.06 P4 processor.
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September 30th, 2005 13:00
66MHz (Various Celeron and older): 66MHz clock PC66
100MHz (Pentium II / Pentium III / K6): 100MHz clock PC100
133MHz (Pentium II / Pentium III / K6): 133MHz clock PC133
200MHz (Athlon, Duron, Thunderbird): 100MHz clock
266MHz (Thunderbird, XP): 133MHz clock
333MHz (XP): 166MHz clock
400MHz (Pentium 4): 100MHz clock
400MHz (AMD XP): 200MHz clock
533MHz (Pentium 4): 133MHz clock
800MHz (Pentium 4): 200MHz clock
1066Mhz Pentium4 : 266Mhz clock
You cannot use ram thats slower than your FSB. Buying DDR3200 ram will not hurt you but it will only run at the PC2700 speed.
FSB 400Mhz aka DDR PC2100
FSB 533Mhz aka DDR PC2700
FSB 800Mhz aka DDR PC3200
FSB 1066Mhz aka DDR2 PC6400?
pjtikkanen
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September 30th, 2005 15:00
Thanks very much for the info!
Paul
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September 30th, 2005 21:00
Well, I put the PC2700 memory in my GX260 and went into the BIOS and it is still running at 266MHz, and I looked at the processor info and it is running at 533MHz, so I guess this motherboard won't let the PC2700 run at 333MHz.
You can't change any settings that I can see. It was a good experiment though. I have another PC I'm not using with PC2700, and put that memory in there.