New ram upgrade ?

Aylen1957

New Member
To all I ask. How much difference does the speed of ram make, ie ddr667 versus ddr800. also value ram versus performance ram ? I currently run Vista Business 64 bit with 4 gigs of value ddr667 and I am considering upgrading to ddr800 (main reason, It is frickin cheap right now!).. I also don't really understand the different timings of the modules and which is best? How about the question of who is better, Mushkin,Corsair,Gskill,Ocz,Crucial and Kingston .. It is enough to make ones head explode! I do some gaming on this and I know that memory is a large part. I look forward to the discussions this generates (hopefully!)

I am also going to be upgrading my processor to a quad core Q6600 next week so I would like to order the ram (if necessary) at the same time.One last thing my board suppoprts both ecc and non ecc up to 8gigs but only as fast as ddr800.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Just a home build
    CPU
    Intel core2 Quad q6600
    Motherboard
    Intel D975XBX2 Bad axe
    Memory
    4 Gigs Corsair xms800
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire Toxic 4850 512g
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24" flat panel
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Twin 160 gig Seagate Barracuda's
    PSU
    Antec Truepower 550
    Case
    Thermaltake Armor
    Cooling
    Twin 120mm and twin 90mm fans
    Mouse
    Razer Death Adder
    Keyboard
    Saitek Gamer eclipse
    Internet Speed
    Dsl
    Other Info
    It is still and will always be a work in progress
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