Quad-core RAM

[Trake]

Hi all, I'm just starting to look at building my first quad-core rig and I'm wondering what the best mobo/RAM combo is. For mobo I was thinking eVGA 680i but I'm not sure which RAM is best to use with that and a QX6700.
The obvious choice is Dominator, but then what speed? I've seen:
PC2-8888C4, PC2-9136C5, PC2-10000 but then I've also seen WaterCooled OCZ PC2-9200.
I will be overclocking, and using the rig for gaming.
Thanks in advance.

Trake

 

[raybay]

That board will take one type of the following... just be sure whatever memory you use is identical: DDR2 533, 667, 800, or 1200 MHz. Use an NVidia chipset video graphics card. Since it offers a front side bus of either 1066 or 1333, you should have few limits on what you can use. Just use quality memory, and preferably matched or identical modules.

 

[Tedster]

before you buy the ram, buy the motherboard, then buy ONLY the types and specs it recommends.

 

[Trake]

Thanks for that advice, but I was sort of meaning which would be fastest/give the best performance.

 

[MetalX]

There isn't much of a noticeable performance difference when using RAM faster than 800MHz. In fact most benchmark programs barely record a difference. This is because at 800MHz, the timings can still be fairly low, but above 800, the timings start to get crazy (5-5-5-15 or sometimes 5-5-5-18) and it reduces the speed of the ram so that while it may be 1000 MHz, it is running more slowly than 800MHz at 3-4-4-12 or something. (These timings are hypothetical, I don't know what usual timings for DDR2-800 are ... what happened to good old 2-2-2-5 DDR400? )

 

[Tedster]

Faster ram won't be noticable to most people. Read this: https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic65114.html