Higher mhz RAM?

[woot7800GT]

Hey all, a question about RAM, is 667mhz RAM that much better than my current 400mhz? Is it practical? I haven't looked into computer parts for a while and a lot has changed! What's the deal with higher mhz RAM? Sorry if I'm being too broad.

 

[david_1475]

I'm fairly new to this myself and ive been doing a bit of research recently to put together a computer. I've actually found that DDR2 ram is almost the same price as DDR ram, and you can also get a compatible motherboard without having to spend more than about $20 extra, if that.

I cant say exactly how much faster DDR2 ram is, but for $20-25 more, i think it would be well worth it.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

It your using a AMD machine then you cant use DDR2, but there are DDR sticks that can easily overclock to them speeds.......

 

[gaara]

DDR400 used in AMD64 systems performs roughly the same, if not better than faster raw frequency DDR2 used in Intel systems due to the HTT bus memory bandwidth