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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
System I'm building (tentative parts list):
Abit KN8 Ultra 939 MoBo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core
AOpen GeForce 6800GT 256mb vRAM, PCI Express x16
2x 1GB sticks of Corsair pc3200
WD Raptor 74GB hdd for OS and Apps
2x Samsung 940b 19" LCDs
Should be a fun system to play with 
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what's the front side bus (FSB) on that MoBo? i'd like to hear at least 800MHz.
oh, and a quick return to basics: the machine is only as fast as its slowest link in the chain. it's usually the FSB, and on the machine i am on currently, it's only 100Mhz, which is why when i upgraded the memory i went with PC100 instead of 400.
and the funny thing about Rambus was that they had multiple FSBs, which made it seem like it was faster than a normal computer with a single FSB. in actuality, they clocked about the same. two FSBs running at 400MHz is actually slower than one bus at 800MHz.
you said it was the geek thread, so i am cutting loose.