Question about memory

[frenzy007]

I am planning to get a C2D e6300 along with a Biostar tforce 965p (can't find the deluxe worth my life). I can't decide what speed memory to get. Everyone talks about DDR2 800 but some people mention DDR2 667.

I don't plan to overclock overclock much. I will prolly try 2.8ghz.

I am leaning towards corsair xms2 but can't decide on the speed.

Thanks,

 

[BillParrish]

ok, 6300 has max mulitplier of 7 so to reach 2.8 you will need FSB of 400 MHz which is exactly the rated speed of pc6400 (DDR2-800) when run at the recommend 1:1 memory to FSB ratio.

DDR2-667 would start to be overclocked at 7 x 333 = 2.33 GHz and would be hard pressed to reach 2.8GHz with rated timings or at all depending on quality and luck.

Get the PC6400, even the less expensive 5-5-5 stuff, its worth it, will run at tight timings and will allow you some headroom to overclock some more.

If possible consider the 6400 for its higher mulitplier of 8 which really leave a lot of headroom for overclocking or if on a budget even the E4300 which has a high mulitplier and performs as well as the 6300 ( http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=3 ) both put less strain on memory and motherboard because the higher cpu mulitplier requres less FSB for high overclocks.

I like corsair too.