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    information request on asus f3sa-a1

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by timdozen, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. timdozen

    timdozen Notebook Geek

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    hey guys can you direct me to any review for the f3sa?

    im really interested in this laptop and i want to find out more about it and its looks and performance thanks
     
    timdozen, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. EXcaliberPC

    EXcaliberPC Company Representative

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    GenTech did a great review w/ screenshots on the Asus F3SA and you can find it here. Thanks!
     
    EXcaliberPC, Nov 21, 2007
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  3. cebolao

    cebolao Notebook Consultant

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    Just wondering, to reach the full power of the system, shouldn't this laptop be using 800Mhz ram modules?
    and would it work with 2 modules of different speeds?(1g of 667 and 1g of 800)?
     
    cebolao, Nov 24, 2007
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  4. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    using different speed will give you the speed lof the owest stick.

    So 1x667 and 1x800 will be 2x667
     
    JCMS, Nov 24, 2007
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  5. cebolao

    cebolao Notebook Consultant

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    Cool thanks

    But what about matching the RAM speed to the system bus?
    ie, i see all the laptops, lets say ASUS F3sa, its a 800FSB, but the memory that comes with it is 667?
    Reasons? or is it just because 800Mhz RAM too expensive?
     
    cebolao, Nov 25, 2007
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    mjfrozenchips Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm, Ive Tried to Put 2 800mhz Corsairs, it did not accept it. Even on F3KA-A1 with 1600FSB 1MB l2 cache, it did not accept it either. 667 is the way to go for these f3 machines.
     
    mjfrozenchips, Nov 30, 2007
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  7. cebolao

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    cool thanks for the tip.

    But I am still wondering about the discrepancy.

    As far as I know, there only 1 bus for the system, and all compents should have the same speed. So what JCMS said makes sense. The bottle neck will alwasy be the slowes component.

    I just dont get why you can't have a 800 RAM on a 800 FSB system?
    Same thing for the ASUS C90. From what i heard, the maximum it takes is 800MHz RAM, even thogh the system is 1066FSB :confused:

    Now is F3KA-A1 amd based? cus the think amd is on a totally different architecture than intel. And i have no idea why they have such a high bus speeds :confused:
     
    cebolao, Nov 30, 2007
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