playnine9

Hi everyone :-)

Here is the system that I'm planning on building so far:

My question is will the RAM i've chosen match up with the Motherboard?

Here is something the motherboard specs says:
Notice: Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 is supported on Intel Desktop Boards based on Intel 965 Express Chipsets.

The RAM is DDR2-667, not 800. Also, I'm not sure if the timing is going to match with the notice aboce.

Do I have to move up to this to get it to work? :
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590


$100
Ultra Grid ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB and Audio Ports and Ultra V-Series 500-Watt Power Supply
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Tab=0&NoMapp=0

$76
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145098

$120
ASUS P5B LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131030

$70
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701

$35
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106046

$150
EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

$226
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003

$90
Windows XP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116056

Price:
$867


I plan on using this to play games such as Microsoft Flight Simulator X, and using Solidworks (CAD), and daily tasks.

Maddhatter

if you're planning to overclock i would go with the ddr2 800 ram if not then the 667 will be fine

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Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz
PSU: Rosewill 400W
Ram: G.Skill 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
GPU: Ati Radeon x1800xt 256 mb
OS: Windows XP Professional 64 bit

maroon1

Why you don't get a hard drive with 16MB cache memory ?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701

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playnine9

thanks, updated to a 16mb cache drive :-)