800MHz or 1066MHz

[Namenone]

What Mhz should i get on my ram?

my specs are


HARD DRIVE
1TB Western Digital WD10E

MOBO
Asus P5Q SE Motherboard S775 Intel P45 ATX SATA Gigabit LAN

PROCESSOR
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775

GPU
896MB Gainward GTX 260 Golden Sample 55nm, 2200MHz GDDR3, GPU 625 MHz, Shader 1242 MHz, 216 Cores

PSU
Corsair Corsair HX 450W Power Supply

I'm mainly going to be playing games on this and would like some recommendations

Thanks,

[JLK03F150]

I'm currently using this G.Skill 4GB set of DDR1000 RAM on my Asus Maximus Formula with a E8600 & I've been very happy with its performance. It is also reasonably priced.
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ - Desktop Memory

That looks like it'll be a nice build.

[Namenone]

Sorry i forgot to mention, im in the UK! but thanks, ill try and find that here

[JLK03F150]

LMAO, yeah ya'll need to throw a £ or € in your posts to give us a clue over here!

I don't know if this is a good price, but it's a good set of RAM.
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-8500C5C)

Wait for some others from to UK to make suggestions. They know a lot more sites than me.

[Aaron_8015]

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Originally Posted by JLK03F150

LMAO, yeah ya'll need to through a £ or € in your posts to give us a clue over here!

I don't know if this is a good price, but it's a good set of RAM.
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-8500C5C)

Wait for some others from to UK to make suggestions. They know a lot more sites than me.

Actually thats a good price cant find better on the UK sites I shop from.

[Namenone]

Would i notice a big difference if i decided to get 4gb of 800MHz ram instead of 1066Mhz?

[Horrorcosmic]

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Originally Posted by Namenone

Would i notice a big difference if i decided to get 4gb of 800MHz ram instead of 1066Mhz?

The amount of Gb doesn't change the speed of the ram, if your going for gaming i would go for 1066mhz instead of 800mhz it'll reduce any chance of a bottleneck at your ram during game play.

You may actually find 1066 ram cheaper since its more current then 800mhz so they'll be much more on the market.

You mentioned your making this system for gaming so you would want top brands for your memory, slightly more expensive but they're made purely for performance. Look for:

OCZ
Corsair
Crucial

Lower end:
G skill
Kingston HyperX
Geil

I'd go with the ones Aaron posted, those are nice!

[KarmaKiller]

I just gotta say G. Skill are not "lower end". They are very durable. I've yet to kill off any G. Skills, and I can't say the same about Corsair,Crucial, and Kingston..

[Aaron_8015]

Indeed crucial are very basic memory sticks..... should be in the low end. I have always considered Kingston hyper-x to be performance memory. (especialy the last set I had, which I paid £100 for 2gb).

[Horrorcosmic]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarmaKiller

I just gotta say G. Skill are not "lower end". They are very durable. I've yet to kill off any G. Skills, and I can't say the same about Corsair,Crucial, and Kingston..

When i say "lower end" that doesn't reflect durability, i'm still using G. Skill on my P4 and my office computer.

Lower End may not be the best term but i certainly wouldn't put them in the same catagory as OCZ or Corsair, G. Skill is more moderate really price per performance is great but the benchs i've seen have G. Skill just under top brands and thats the only reason i catagorize it as lower end.

Quote:

Indeed crucial are very basic memory sticks..... should be in the low end. I have always considered Kingston hyper-x to be performance memory. (especialy the last set I had, which I paid £100 for 2gb).