What speed of ram to accompany my E6600?

[idiotec]

I would also suggest DDR2-800. With the high overclockability and relatively low multi's of the Core 2 Duo's, you can hit a high FSB pretty quickly. So with that, you'll want RAM that can keep up at 1:1.

An E6600 @ 400FSB @ 3.6GHz w/ RAM 1:1 = Power

 

[The General]

Wait, so if i have the FSB at 400, will the ram be at 400? Can DDR2-800 go to 800mhz?

 

[massacreinfallx]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227047

This looks like a pretty good deal, I want to get two of those sets, totalling 4Gb, but what about those speeds? I want to overclock this thing to FX-62+ speeds which shouldn't be too hard, I just don't know what kind of ram to get.

Thanks.

dont the conroe motherboards only support DDR2 800 RAM or higher?

 

[The General]

If they did, then why would they make DDR2-1066?

I think they support up to DDR2-1066.

 

[massacreinfallx]

oh yeah

 

[idiotec]

Wait, so if i have the FSB at 400, will the ram be at 400? Can DDR2-800 go to 800mhz?

DDR and DDR2 = "double data rate" so 400MHz FSB at 1:1 = DDR2-800.

 

[Sui]

Errr isn't the fsb for conroe up at like 533? If so the purpose for running 1066 ddr2 would be to go 1:1 on the ram divider.... It probably wouldn't overclock much though.