At 02:23 PM 1/5/2008, you wrote:
> DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) for under a 100 bucks after rebates. This
> doesn't appear to be an unusual price as they have other brands at
> similar deals.
>
> Is this the fastest DDR2 speed available ....
JEDEC-standard, yes. Don't go over JEDEC standard 1.8v for DDR2 unless you
like swapping out your memory when it dies every so often.
OK Thanks, at this price for 4GB how could I loose. I always use
Kingstone, or sometimes Crucial.... but Cosair has a great rep ... right?
> is there any reason I
> want to pay the crazy price for DDR3? Thanks
You seem to tend to stick with hardware for a while.
I do, when I do upgrade I go at the very high end but I am interested
more in name brand, features, and stability then I am bleeding edge
performance. Actually, I need the PCI-Express slot right now, and I
plan on holding off on the CPU and staying with my P4 3.4. I am going
to get the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz LGA 775 130W
Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569QX9650 - Retail once the price gets
down below a grand.
You might still be on
this hardware when DDR3 takes over, meaning that DDR2 may become more
expensive when (and if) you ever bump up your memory.
I will get 4GB now and run XP Pro so that shouldn't be a problem for
me ....at this price I might even get 8GB should I decide to install Vista
That's the only
possible reason..there's certainly no meaningful performance advantage at
this point.
Greg
thanks for the help!
