OT: 8KHA+ RAM Question

Sorry for the OT post, but you guys always seem to be up on the latest hardware info, and I can't get a straight answer anywhere else. A number of you have upgraded your rigs to an Epox 8KHA+ motherboard, and have raved about it. Most of you have also strongly recommended using PC2100DDR RAM. I want to make the upgrade, using an Athlon XP 1800+ CPU, but I would like to know whether it's possible to re-use my existing RAM with this board. I currently am using 3-128 Meg PC100 boards on my Abit BH-6, and would like to re-use them, due to budgetary constraints. If it's possible, I still might upgrade to the 2100DDR RAM down the road, but I'd like to know what kind of difference the faster RAM would really make for this board's overall performance. (I'd be upgrading from a Celeron 566@850, so I figure that I'd still see a big jump in speed over my current system even if I re-use my current RAM.) Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Bert

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> Sorry for the OT post, but you guys always seem to be up on the latest > hardware info, and I can't get a straight answer anywhere else. > > A number of you have upgraded your rigs to an Epox 8KHA+ motherboard, > and have raved about it. Most of you have also strongly recommended > using PC2100DDR RAM. I want to make the upgrade, using an Athlon XP > 1800+ CPU, but I would like to know whether it's possible to re-use my > existing RAM with this board. I currently am using 3-128 Meg PC100 > boards on my Abit BH-6, and would like to re-use them, due to budgetary > constraints.

Unfortunately DDR Ram motherboards (unless fitted with both DDR and SDR Ram slots - which is rare) can not take SDRAM - so you'd have to get new ram to use the new mobo Doug

Thanks Doug. Glad that I asked first... Douglas Ellison wrote:

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> "BRH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Sorry for the OT post, but you guys always seem to be up on the latest > > hardware info, and I can't get a straight answer anywhere else. > > > > A number of you have upgraded your rigs to an Epox 8KHA+ motherboard, > > and have raved about it. Most of you have also strongly recommended > > using PC2100DDR RAM. I want to make the upgrade, using an Athlon XP > > 1800+ CPU, but I would like to know whether it's possible to re-use my > > existing RAM with this board. I currently am using 3-128 Meg PC100 > > boards on my Abit BH-6, and would like to re-use them, due to budgetary > > constraints. > > Unfortunately DDR Ram motherboards (unless fitted with both DDR and SDR Ram > slots - which is rare) can not take SDRAM - so you'd have to get new ram to > use the new mobo > > Doug

-- Bert

It makes a huge difference, your going to want to run that chip at 133 mhz core bus speed, the ddr ram will effectively give you a 266 mhz fsb, and that is when it shines. Don Burnette "BRH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Sorry for the OT post, but you guys always seem to be up on the latest > hardware info, and I can't get a straight answer anywhere else. > > A number of you have upgraded your rigs to an Epox 8KHA+ motherboard, > and have raved about it. Most of you have also strongly recommended > using PC2100DDR RAM. I want to make the upgrade, using an Athlon XP > 1800+ CPU, but I would like to know whether it's possible to re-use my > existing RAM with this board. I currently am using 3-128 Meg PC100 > boards on my Abit BH-6, and would like to re-use them, due to budgetary > constraints. > > If it's possible, I still might upgrade to the 2100DDR RAM down the > road, but I'd like to know what kind of difference the faster RAM would > really make for this board's overall performance. (I'd be upgrading > from a Celeron 566@850, so I figure that I'd still see a big jump in > speed over my current system even if I re-use my current RAM.) > > Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > -- > Bert > >