How FSB Slogs your System

Front-Side Bus(FSB) is the channel connecting the CPU to the memory slots where we put the RAM memory (DDR, DDR1, DDR2 ...).There will be a Controller in between the FSB and memory bus. 


Front-Side Bus(FSB) speeds determines how fast your memory will run, so 667 MHz memory installed on a machine with 533 MHz FSB will run at 533 MHz. Here you lost the advantage of a more powerful memory.


The number of transfers per clock cycle is dependent on the technology used.For example, if a motherboard (or processor) has a FSB clocked at 300 MHz and performs 3 transfers per clock cycle, the FSB is rated at 900 MT/s.


This article is written in the intention that once you upgrade your old machine with either a new processor or and Ram memory .If the FSB is not capable of the new speeds your machine will slog
Tags:-CPU, Front-Side Bus, FSB, Memory, RAM, upgrade