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server ram 533 vs 667 vs 800 with oc?

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wagex

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ok so the server motherboard i just purchased supports
DDR2 800/667/533/400MHz Reg. ECC SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs

533 and 667 are alot cheaper than 800 its all ecc reg

so, is there alot of performance difference in server performance? though i do plan to overclock the cpu's a little bit i dont expect to get a ghz out of it just what ever the nforce mobo will let me do i suppose

links (posted cheapest kit in each category)

ddr2 667 27.95
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-RAM-..._EN_Networking_Components&hash=item46018f13ba

ddr2 533 $18.97
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4GB-PC4200-...516?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a705252d4

ddr2 800 69.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4GB-2X2GB-M...459?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e682edc8b

motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron2000/MCP55/H8DMR-i2.cfm
two of these processors
http://products.amd.com/pages/opteroncpudetail.aspx?id=592&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
 
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I don't think that you will see performance difference between 667 and 800. Hard to say what sticks you get. On photos there are 533 hynix , 667 samsung and 800 micron ... and ECC are not overclocking so good. In worst case there should be multi down if you go too high with FSB so I would take at least 667 especially that 800 is much more expensive.
Maybe someone with similar gear will say some more as most my experience base on Intel servers.
 
I just ordered some ECC FBDIMM 667 4x1gb for my server with heat spreaders on them for $29.95 free shipping off ebay. I wouldn't put to much into it, if your are not overclocking. :D
 
i dont know the first thing about overclocking amd stuff lol id be happy if i could get 2ghz out of them but idk what the fsb or anything would be im so lost when it comes to amd
 
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