CAS Latency vs clock speed?
I'm looking at RAM for a P35 chipset build I'm going to do in the near future. I'm currently pricing out stuff so I can watch sales and buy later.
The motherboard I'm going to use is the GA-P35-DS3R from Gigabyte, and although they have a list of approved RAM modules that will work in the system, it's not totally up to date (ie they only list like 2 2GB modules they've tested). I was interested in a 4GB Kit (2x 2gb).
So what's better? DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-18 or DDR2 800 4-4-4-15? I'd be gaming on this PC.
Also, I haven't seen any DDR2 1066 ram with a CAS of 4. Am I just not looking hard enough or does it not exist?
Yes! That's what I'm looking for. Price to performance ratio. I could spend the $15-20 more for the higher speed, but with CAS5, but if it's going to be very similar in performance I'll go with 800 CAS4
I know you can get DDR2 800 with latencies of 4-4-4-12 for dirt cheep. Go for the DDR2 800 with real tight timings. DDR2 800 has been around long enough to mature. The price performance ratio is the best ever.
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