DDR2 Questions!

[foodfightr]

I'm an AMD guy, but I need to build a non-OC intel dual core rig. What is more important to intel systems bandwidth or latency? Also- would I get any benefit out of using DDR 800 as opposed to DDR 667 on a stock system?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Intel CPU's tend to need the bandwidth. On a stock machine using DDR2 that's rated higher won't offer any benefit. For a stock machine lower latency would be better than a higher rated ram that's running at stock speeds.

 

[i1o0i]

You'll benefit DDR2 800 with lowest latency when you're mutitasking or probably gaming.