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Ram speeds

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Hyuukai

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Ok i could be wrong here but current CPU's are 1066 so wouldnt you need to get ram that also runs at 1066 or the CPu will be bottle necked by your ram speed? I am looking into finally making the change to Core 2 Duo from Socket 939 AMD and generally looking at the e6700 so if anybody could help me out on ram speeds against cpu please. This is the ram i have been looking at OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2. Do i need a specific motherboard to use SLI ready ram? If i do what is a good one to go for? if i dont what is a good motherboard that will run 1066 ram.



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1066 fsb is 266mhz, which gives ddr2-533 with the 1:1 ratio.

ddr2-1066 is the highest you can get (with the 1:2 ratio) without overclocking anything except the ram
 
So to stop the CPU from being bottlenecked what ram speed would be best? :S
 
anything will work really, memory speed does very little for overall system performance. just go with some budget ddr2-800 unless you plan on doing some serious overclocking
 
Off topic, but make sure you really want the e6700. It's $100 more than the e6600, but you don't get $100 worth of additional performance. You may want to save your money, and buy an e6600 for around $220, or a quad core q6600 for around $266 once the price drop hits July 22.
 
(cf)Eclipse said:
anything will work really, memory speed does very little for overall system performance. just go with some budget ddr2-800 unless you plan on doing some serious overclocking
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I plan on purchasing a new system soon with an Asus p5k and probably a Q6600. I game quite a bit, but never overclock - Stability is very important to me. Crucial's website shows this ddr2-800 BL2KIT12864AA804 as compatible:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565&Tpk=BL2KIT12864AA804

Would 4 gigs of this work for someone not looking to overclock? I've had people tell me the higher speed memory is better (even for my application) and I want to make sure there aren't any bottlenecks.
 
i'm serious when i say that memory speed has a very small effect on overall system performance. ddr2 just provides so much more bandwidth than cpus can really utilize under most conditions

with 4x1gb, remember that the sticks will run a lot warmer and create a larger load on the memory controller. i advise getting 2x2gb of value ram or something instead if you're not gonna overclock

how about these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609218
 
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