What Memory Should I Get?

chestercheetah · 03-12-2008, 08:13 PM

HI -

I recently purchased a GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1 GHz Socket AM2 65W dual-core processor. This motherboard supports ddr2 1066 ram.

My question is should I get ddr2 1066 ram or ddr2 800 ram.

Here is what I am looking at:

2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 2.2V

or

2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2.0V-2.1V

I guess my question is would the FSB for my processor get any benefits from the 1066 ram. I won't be overclocking the cpu or the memory.

The ddr2 800 is CAS 4 and the ddr2 1066 is CAS 5.

Thanks-

**mattlock** · 03-13-2008, 12:20 AM

If you're not going to OC then the go with the 800.

03-12-2008, 08:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
chestercheetah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows xp	What Memory Should I Get? HI - I recently purchased a GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1 GHz Socket AM2 65W dual-core processor. This motherboard supports ddr2 1066 ram. My question is should I get ddr2 1066 ram or ddr2 800 ram. Here is what I am looking at: 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 2.2V or 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2.0V-2.1V I guess my question is would the FSB for my processor get any benefits from the 1066 ram. I won't be overclocking the cpu or the memory. The ddr2 800 is CAS 4 and the ddr2 1066 is CAS 5. Thanks-

03-13-2008, 12:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
mattlock Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 4,183 OS: XP SP2, Win 7 Beta, Win 7 RC My System	Re: What Memory Should I Get? If you're not going to OC then the go with the 800. __________________ Matt Everest-Thermal Paste Instruction-Power Supply Info-Sensorview PSU Calculator-Speedfan-Bench Test Help TSF Fight Disease. It's Free!