Guys

remember PAT...all that was is a way of forcing an overclock on the chipset...IE running the chipset at a different strap than the fsb range usually will allow.

So, running 1066 strap will drop the max fsb the CPU will reach but internal latency on the chipset will be a LOT LOWER...If you remember the IC7 days we all used to run 667 or 533 strap at this boosted memory performance over the 800 strap but you needed good ram and motherboard tweaks to get the fsb high.

Now badaxe has 800,1066 and 1333 strap, to get the high fsb's you need the 1333 but you losen the internal latency and so lose the memory performance. The ONLY way to claw some back is 1:1 and ultra tight timings at high FSB's...Now the alternative is run the 1066 or the 800 if you have a good board. i quoted in another thread the DFI was faster as it was stuck on the 1066 strap but FSB is limited to 370 ish tops.

So what does this mean, it means you are looking for a CPU with a high multi, IE 13 or 14 and run 1066 strap to gain all this lovely low chipset latency and gain a ton of memory speed. Im sure some one will sort out a way to get the MCH working at over 370 and we probably need to pump more fsb voltage also but for now run a high multi and 1066strap to keep the speed up with conroe.