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I’m planning on building a new gaming PC with a Core 2 Extreme QX6700 and ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus (nForce 650i or 680i), but I’m having a difficult time wrapping my brain around what kinda memory I need. I’m not quite getting the whole FSB speed and what memory timings are good no matter how many articles I read trying to figure it out.
Originally, I had planned on getting the CORSAIR Dominator 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) since I saw that the FSB on the processor specs was 1066. Now with multipliers for memory, I guess don’t need to get the DDR2 1066, and I can get a slower memory? I also read that 1066 memory isn’t supported on the 650i chipset…so I was concerned about that as well.
I am planning on OC’ing the processor to about 3 Ghz. Can anyone offer me some assistance on what memory I need for my gaming rig? Thanks in advance.
Originally, I had planned on getting the CORSAIR Dominator 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) since I saw that the FSB on the processor specs was 1066. Now with multipliers for memory, I guess don’t need to get the DDR2 1066, and I can get a slower memory? I also read that 1066 memory isn’t supported on the 650i chipset…so I was concerned about that as well.
I am planning on OC’ing the processor to about 3 Ghz. Can anyone offer me some assistance on what memory I need for my gaming rig? Thanks in advance.