Are the following specs good for gaming?

Dollar said:
No one said that. I am just a newbie with computers you see. What is HT by the way?





On the other hand, not to be confused with the above question,
I would like to know as for the Intel Core Dual E4400 (2.0Ghz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800Mhz FSB), does the 800Mhz FSB means that the ram speed can only support up to DDR2 800Mhz? And does the info in brackets refers to motherboard specs rather than processor?
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Okay, HT is almost like Intel's FSB, I don't know much about AMD, I am Intel user. As for the 800Mhz FSB on the E4400, you could go above that with your RAM but the processor's FSB would 'bottleneck' it. So, to achieve an equal speed, you usually want your RAM and FSB at the same speed. The brackets are referring to the processor or CPU, 2.0Ghz is the external speed of the processor, 2Mb of L2 cache is about like RAM that is attached to the processor, again the 800Mhz FSB is the speed that the processor communicates with the Northbridge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperTransport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_side_bus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L2_Cache
 
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Hyperthreading became obsolete once dual core came on the scene. I don't notice any performance gains anyway whether I had HT on or off.
 
Thanks for all the explanations. So I supposed HyperTransport is the latest technology as from the wikipedia had described that the "primary use for hypertransport is to replace the front side bus"?
If that is the case, how do I know how much what is the best DDR2 RAM speed to use with the motherboard since there are no figures for HyperTransport?
What type of ram speed is to be used with amd processor and how do I check for it?
 
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