DDR-3

[taherjafferjee]

Hello people,

I am going to buy a new rig about a month, need advice on whether i should go with DDR 3 or go with a high quality DDR2. Trying to build it to be as future proof as possible but at the same time don't want to waste money.

Tanx in advance for any advice

 

[secretanchitman]

go with ddr2. ddr3 JUST came out and the timings are unacceptable (for me at least) and a bit overpriced.

you should go ddr3 at the end of the year/next year when more kits from vendors become available...

 

[Capt Caveman]

DDR3 vs DDR2

 

[cmdrdredd]

Bottom line: DDR3 IS faster, provides benefit ranging from minimal to pretty decent. The downside is the price at the present time is very steep and the availability is pretty low.

Also the benefit may not be enough to justify the almost 2x price difference between high quality DDR2 and the early DDR3 offerings.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Also the benefit may not be enough to justify the almost 2x price difference between high quality DDR2 and the early DDR3 offerings.

Especially since DDR3 will get both faster, and considerably cheaper, as time passes.

 

[Aeros]

At the moment...No.

I sadly have a P5K3 just arrived sitting in its box till I can afford DDR3...I still want to bypass DDR2 but it's just me being stubborn at this point.

 

[Cheex]

At the moment...No. Won't be until late '07 or early '08.

 

[hardwareking]

ATM don't bother with ddr3
the only decent one i've seen is the kingston ddr3-133 @ 7-7-7-21 timings which just abt matches ddr2-800 @ 3-3-3-8

Go 2 x 1 GB of DDR2-800 with cas 3