what ram to buy with a e8400?

[dhysk]

I'm looking at upgrading my main rig. I'm probably going with a P35 north bride and a core 2 duo e8400. The mobo and processor has a FSB of 1333MHZ. Right now DDR3 realy isnt looking much better than DDR2. I was looking at this

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820220278

However since DDR3 is expensive and isn't realy that much faster, i was wondering what kinda of ram to go with. If DDR2, then what standard 800 vs 1066 ext. I can find 800 with lower CAS than 1066. Basicaly if its not going to slow down the system by a noticable amount why spend the extra $$. Oh, ya im also looking at 4g 2x2g.

[disturbedite]

you have to install whatever type of ram the mobo supports, not whatever ram you feel like.

[Sockerdrickan]

DDR3 isn't much better bang for the buck you are right. Go with Corsair XMS2.

[Cappy]

I'm looking at upgrading my main rig. I'm probably going with a P35 north bride and a core 2 duo e8400. The mobo and processor has a FSB of 1333MHZ. Right now DDR3 realy isnt looking much better than DDR2. I was looking at this

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820220278

However since DDR3 is expensive and isn't realy that much faster, i was wondering what kinda of ram to go with. If DDR2, then what standard 800 vs 1066 ext. I can find 800 with lower CAS than 1066. Basicaly if its not going to slow down the system by a noticable amount why spend the extra $$. Oh, ya im also looking at 4g 2x2g.

Unless you are planning to overclock your machine to 4GHz+ those memory sticks are huge overkill. You are probably mistaking the overall FSB with the speed of the memory you need.

The processor actually has a clock of 333MHz. It must have a default multiplier of 9x because that would make the speed 3GHz.

If you aren't going to overclock then all you need is a 667MHz. 333MHz * 2 = 666MHz NEEDED.
If you are going to overclock a little bit (or want to be safe!) then you should get 800MHz.

I would personally get some decent 800MHz sticks.

[disturbedite]

this is just my opinion, but i would get ddr3 cuz eventually, you're gonna need it any way...