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If you have no intention of overclocking in a big way then rather just get some Kingston ValueRAM. Not the HyperX, but the ValueRAM as oddly they seem to handle alot more than the HyperX. You'll save yourself a nice chunk.

The board says 1600(oc) and not 1066(oc). The XMS2 you chose will be fine, but as I mentioned the Kingston will do the same job for much less. You don't need the heatsinks, really.
 
TheRift said:
If you have no intention of overclocking in a big way then rather just get some Kingston ValueRAM. Not the HyperX, but the ValueRAM as oddly they seem to handle alot more than the HyperX. You'll save yourself a nice chunk.

The board says 1600(oc) and not 1066(oc). The XMS2 you chose will be fine, but as I mentioned the Kingston will do the same job for much less. You don't need the heatsinks, really.
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FSB is 1600(oc) but RAM is 1066(oc)

I just wanted to look at getting 1066 RAM for the speed. I have 667 RAM at the moment that I want to replace.
 
If you are not going to OC to 533MHz FSB and beyond, 1066 RAM will be a waste, rather get 800MHz RAM. It will allow you to oc to 400MHz FSB and maybe even more depending in how well it OCs (the RAM)
 
Silverlight said:
If you are not going to OC to 533MHz FSB and beyond, 1066 RAM will be a waste, rather get 800MHz RAM. It will allow you to oc to 400MHz FSB and maybe even more depending in how well it OCs (the RAM)
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Ja, I dont want to over clock, but my CPU supports 1066 bus and so does my board, so thats why I was thinking about getting the 1066 RAM as well?
 
1066 is bandwidth not clock if I recall correctly. Be careful of how people are marking their RAM modules. You can either mark it with clock speed or throughput. I have DDR3-1066 in my machine and that just runs at 667MHz which is of course double-rate which means the speeds is actually 333.33MHz or something.
 
TheRift said:
1066 is bandwidth not clock if I recall correctly. Be careful of how people are marking their RAM modules. You can either mark it with clock speed or throughput. I have DDR3-1066 in my machine and that just runs at 667MHz which is of course double-rate which means the speeds is actually 333.33MHz or something.
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Ah, I didn't know that...
 
Shred said:
Ja, I dont want to over clock, but my CPU supports 1066 bus and so does my board, so thats why I was thinking about getting the 1066 RAM as well?
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Intels bus is quad pumped, so a 1066mhz fsb is actually operating at 266mhz (266*4 gives you 1066)

DDR RAM is double data rate, so 1066 RAM is actually running at 533MHz (1066/2)

I doubt that mobo of yours will allow you to run 533MHz FSB, so you'd be better off with DDR2 800 RAM (will give you enough headroom should you decide to OC)
 
TheRift said:
1066 is bandwidth not clock if I recall correctly. Be careful of how people are marking their RAM modules. You can either mark it with clock speed or throughput. I have DDR3-1066 in my machine and that just runs at 667MHz which is of course double-rate which means the speeds is actually 333.33MHz or something.
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What???

You mean market it like PC3-12800 which is DDR3-1600 and PC2-6400 which is DDR2-800?

12800/8 = 1600

6400/8 = 800
 
TheRift said:
1066 is bandwidth not clock if I recall correctly. Be careful of how people are marking their RAM modules. You can either mark it with clock speed or throughput. I have DDR3-1066 in my machine and that just runs at 667MHz which is of course double-rate which means the speeds is actually 333.33MHz or something.
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It is actually effective clock, not throughput. As Silverlight said, PC(2)-6400 is DDR2-800 which runs at a 400MHz clock but because it sends data twice per clock cycle it effectively runs at 800MHz.
 
So if my board supports 1066(oc) and I buy 1066 RAM, it will be faster than the 800 right?
 
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