Ya unless you plan to overclock getting anything over ddr2-800 is a waste, because it will still be running at ddr2-800 speeds even if it is ddr2-1066. But when you get into overclocking its great because you can still be underclocking your ram even with an increased FSB, so it essentially takes the RAM overclocking out of the cpu overclocking. Its one less thing to work about, and you are gaurenteed for your RAM to run at higher speeds.