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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: bb193 on February 16, 2011, 10:57:02 am

Title: GA-EG41MF-US2H - Can I access 1066Mhz, and will I get any speed improvement?
Post by: bb193 on February 16, 2011, 10:57:02 am

I have a GA-EG41MF-US2H MB (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3280#ov), which says it has a '1333/1066/800 MHz FSB ' and also provides 'Support for DDR2 1066(OC)/800/667 MHz memory modules'.
 
I have Kingston RAM that says it supports 1066MHz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-2G-DDR2-Hyper-Non-ECC/dp/B000HWZJYS/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1283354181&sr=1-9). However, my processor is currently an Intel E4400, which only has an 800MHz FSB (http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=29753,27249,). The PC shows as operating at 800Mhz.

I'm considering upgrading my processor to something with a 1066Mhz FSB (eg an Intel 6400). I imagine I'll geta small performance boost from the silightly increased processor speed, but I wondered if and how I could get it operating at the 1066Mhz FSB and making use of the 1066Mhz memory - and if I'll get any significant perfromance increase? The numbers suggest I should get a 33% increase, but all the benchmarks seem to suggest it'll only be about 5-10%, so I'm wondering it is worth the effort.

Although I enjoy playing about with computer components, I'm not really an OverClocker. It is a Media center PC (Win 7 pro, 32 bit) that is also used by the family for basic Office and Internet access.So keeping it reasonably quiet is as important as squeezing out every last drop of performance (although I do transcode video and DVDs, so fast is good too).

Title: Re: GA-EG41MF-US2H - Can I access 1066Mhz, and will I get any speed improvement?
Post by: Dark Mantis on February 16, 2011, 11:45:39 am

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I wouldn't waste your money on the sort of upgrade that you are contemplating. Just upgrading the CPU and memory won't make a significant difference compared to the outlay. You would be better off saving up until you could afford to change the motherboard and move up to the next platform where the benefits will be much bigger.