I am building a new system and have decided on:

Mobo - Asus P5K Deluxe
CPU - Core 2 Duo 6420
RAM - ????

I will be overclocking, and am unsure if the 1066 is worth the extra money? After reading some of the discussions here it would seem that after changing the multipliers, voltages, etc, that the 800 RAM would do a sufficient job anyway.

I do plan to upgrade the processor to a Kentsfield after they show up.

Thanks in advance as I am new to the OC game.

If you gaming it might be. However you can get some patriot ram @ newegg.com for 110 (2 gigs of 1066)

Sry im stealing your topic, but is it possible that pc2-8000 can be 1000mhz, and pc2-8500 can be both 1000 and 1066 mhz?

DDR2 is so cheap right now and 1066 barely costs more than 800, I personally see no reason to not go with 1066 for a new build.

i AGREE 200% SPIKKE !

For OC 1066 is probably better but check the latencies.
If not OC 667 is ok.

No need for more than 6400 for most overclocking.

DDR2-800 is fine.

Make sure to grab memory with good timings suc has 4-4-4-12.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/0 [...] l#3d_games

In the future and looking to OC 1333FSB CPUs from Intel, the faster RAM may be necessary, but for the 64xx chip, DDR2-800 is fine unless you want to get into OCs well beyond the 3.0-3.2 Range.

Depends on price. I've seen crucial ballistix 1066 going very cheap lately

you're not enthusiast though so get the 800.

As I was thinking, the 800 is good enough for today, but who knows for the near future??

I will definately look for low latency as it seems to me that ram is ram and the published speed just increases the probability that you can OC it to even higher speeds.

I still like the 1066 for the price....., but will probably go with the 800 as by the time I am ready for more I might need a new mobo anyway.

Thanks to all

What the hell does that mean?

I think tests on THG (there is a recent article on this) have shown that in terms of performance you get far more bang for your buck from spending on a CPU/GPU than you do from RAM therefore don't go crazy spenidng money on RAM.

Yeah, it is making more sense to go with 800. Decision made. BTW thanks MtYermom, that did seem abit offside....

Paul

get some kingston value ram, overclock it to 1066@4-4-4-8 @ 2.3v, last for ever, doesn't get warm, is some nice kit, i use it on my non-elitist rig.

i hadn't changed my sig since i was at 9x400, thanks for reminding me, i'll fix it.