upgrading RAM

[cloud]

right now i have 1gb of ddr2 533 and i'm lookin to upgrade, i'm lookin at these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231073

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034


is it worth it to spend the extra $$ for the ddr2 800? i wont be overclocking or anything.

 

[Trifid]

Your RAM will operate at the speed of the slowest slowest stick, so no it is not worth it. Go with exactly the same speed and timmings as your current RAM.

 

[PZEROFGH]

Your RAM will operate at the speed of the slowest slowest stick, so no it is not worth it. Go with exactly the same speed and timmings as your current RAM.

Unless the faster one is cheaper in some cases

 

[cloud]

i wont be usin my RAM i have now, i'm replacing it

 

[Elbatrop1]

That RAM will run at DDR533 as a default anyways. If you were to try and use that RAM and keep your current divider, you will be running your CPU at 4.8GHz, which is practically unachievable.

You can reduce your multi down to 4 to keep your CPU running at the same speed. However, this will not really give you a huge improvement in performance.

And then I just noticed that you said you are not going to be overclocking. Then it is definitely not worth the extra money to get the faster RAM.