Really quick...

[Droppyale]

Will a CPU Clock down?


for example:

WIll a p4 2.6ghz 800mhz clock down to 533mhz?

to be used on a 533mhz motherboard?

any help appreciated.

Thanks

Of course. You'll either have to set a jumper on the mobo or change the FSB in the BIOS if it allows it. I'd say it's board specific, not so much CPU.

[Droppyale]

cool thanks

[c44151]

who would of thought underclocking

[Droppyale]

I'ts not that I want to underclock...

I have a chance of gettnig a p4 2.6ghz 800mhz, and I currently am running a p4 2.4 with 533mhz motherboard....

So I though I could just put it in for now... and use the p4 2.4 to build a PC for a friend....


Would that be too much trouble... changing the CPU, is it worth it?

or should I wait and buy an 800mhz Mobo?

[R_1_Oh_Seven]

think of it as trying to shoot water thru a hose, it can only have so much flowing thru it, so your mobo would be considered a bottleneck. The cpu should underclock automatically because it can only go as fast as the mobo and ram allow it to, ram right now is the main bottleneck in pc's

[Droppyale]

I know that... I just wanted to know if it would be too much trouible to change the cpu for the new one, since I don;t have a faster mobo... for now i meant.

[John Prophet]

Do it anyway. Then a new board will come along and youll be rockin! Besides....you can overclock the motherboard to see how close to the 200fsb that the new cpu wants.