tricked

[scrogathon]

well today my little brother built a pc, the guy at the pc store conned him into buying ddr2 667 mhz for his x2 3800. correct me if im wrong, but isnt that a little bit over kill for a x2 3800? he coulda saved 50 bucks with going with the proper speed, the dude told him he needed ddr800 for it to run correctly, but he got the 667 anyway, then coming home to find out he needed only ddr2 400 mhz to run correctly, is it just me or do the people running pc stores not know **** when it comes to there pcs. I geuss its just money there after.

[Corkum]

Re: tricked

the real question is what pin is his x2, because if its 939 it wont run ddr2 at all.

[scrogathon]

Re: tricked

socket am2, my bro knows the basics just didnt understand the ram part very well, and he didnt buy an e6300 like me lol, anyways for me to take it back and returning it will cost a 20% restocking fee which would end up costing me more than its worth. o well at least hes got nice ram to overclock with.

[abtomat74]

Re: tricked

Actually the 667 is considered the best deal as far as DDR2 is concerned. It offers the best price/performance ratio of the various speeds available.

Read this article: written with Intel in mind, the conclusions will be the same for Athlon though
https://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/me...ory-guide.html