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Originally Posted by drpullockaran  Just as I mentioned in the previous post I am sorry I confused you and possibly a potential buyer but please remember that DDR2 which has slower clock speeds have tighter timings and though DDR3 has higher clock speeds they have too lax timings resulting in DDR2 giving DDR3 a run for its money. Its only recently with 1333speed memory that DDR3 are showing signs of uprooting DDR2 from its position. When you mentioned faster memory did you mean clock speeds or memory latency. |
Err I don't think he'd be buying DDR3 anyway. DDR3 is right now way way overpriced and unaffordable. Especially not in that budget. Cheap DDR3 costs around 5-6 times as much as cheap DDR2. In any case, yes DDR3 needs faster speeds to equal DDR2 as the latter runs at tighter latencies. One can run DDR3 at 667 MHz as well if one wishes but then its beyond the point as performance will be terrible. DDR3 is actually useful and does something to performance only beyond 1600MHz at 7-7-7 latencies or better.
One can very easily run an E8300/8400/8500 CPU with 800MHz DDR2 if one wants. There is no need of DDR3.