Bandwidth vs Latency

[ssbsts]

I am trying to decide what memory to buy, but to be honest I don't know which. I am leaning towards some corsair xms2. Do i go with DDR2 675 (PC 5400) or would it be better to go with DDR2 800 (PC 6400) ? Which is more important, the bandwidth or the timings? Thanks for any info.

 

[onetwenty8k]

Well the DDR2 800 will have very low timings at stock so I say go for the one that's rated higher. However, it all depends on your usage.

 

[Bigjohns97]

With all of the benchmarks i have seen the latency lowers as the clocks get higher and timings don't effect it at all, but pi says diffrent.

But with this generation of conroe's mhz owns all.

 

[onetwenty8k]

Timings effect performance in synthetic benchmarks but you really can't tell the difference.

 

[ssbsts]

OP here. I plan on using this memory with a moderately overclocked e6400, but I am not after the highest benchmarks in the world. I just want the ability to overclock a bit.

 

[onetwenty8k]

I still say go with the DDR2 800, it will give you the best timings even when moderately OC'd.

 

[ssbsts]

thanks for the input. I think I will go with the 800

 

[onetwenty8k]

Good Choice