Ram question

[alanwest09872]

Ok the EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI FTW says it takes 1066 or Up to 1200MHz SLI-Ready Memory with EPP. Does that mean I can purchase 1200MHz ram or something else.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188027 motherboard link

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1200 (PC2 9600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail ram that I am looking at

I want to get 8 gigs (I know overkill but I still want it.) So will the 1200 work with my motherboard or do I get the 1066 and overclock it?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

You can get anything UP to DDR2-1200 and it will work. It will probably work beyond DDR2-1200 but you would have to overclock your RAM for that.

Anyway, why do you need DDR2-1200? DDR2-1000 is much cheaper and there isn't a big difference in performance.

 

[alanwest09872]

I want best of the best. The pc im building is goin to be over 3 grand

 

[Denithor]

Wish I had $3k just to throw away on a build.

Of course, I would find much better ways to spend it if I had it, but anyway...

EDIT: And seriously, if you want the 'best of the best' you need to wait for Nehalem to launch. Your system will be obsolete in like a month.

 

[alanwest09872]

I have another post started that states if theres anything I could improve on please let me know the link is

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2243787&enterthread=y

 

[18 Is Number 1]

Here is the best of the best right now...good luck finding them:http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231201