Quote Originally Posted by gongo View Post
i think the sm x6dlp board has a better chance of working with the pin mod as it doesn't require (or at least the documentation doesn't state this) a processor blank in the second socket to work with 1 cpu. my board should be here at the end of the week... yay. this'll make a great little low-power web/db dev server. i opted to look for 2000s since i'm not certain on the pin mod. dual 1667 just doesn't have much power to do anything anymore... besides, if the pin mod works, dual 2000 @ 2400 is always better than 1667 @ 2000!

hmm, i wonder if the ram timings will need some tweaking? if the ratio is locked, going from 166 to 200 will jump the ram from 100 to 120 (133). can ddr2 400 keep up at that speed?


edit: corrected my terrible math!
Correct me if I'm wrong but DDR2-400 is 200 memory meant for a 800FSB yes?
This system at stock runs a 667FSB(166 memory) so I am assuming this is automatically setting a 5/6 divider. Now the question is does bumping the FSB from 667 to 800 release that divider?
remember that this is the same 7520 chipset used in the last prescott xeon dual boards that were native 800FSB.
Google Supermicro X6DA8-G2 for an example.
I also saw in the Intel white papers on the sossaman board that it was tested and verified at "up to 800FSB"