DDR or DDR2???

[Niskyspy]

I am planing on biulding a PC next week. But since I've never built an AMD machine I dont know how much memory is important to the setup. So my question is. What memory should I go with ( I am getting an ASUS motherboard, and have to deside on which one to get, M2N-SLi which is DDR2 only or some other asus that is DDR.) I am putting an AMD Athlon 64 dual core processor on it. What I am trying to do is try to save some money but if the memory makes a big different in performance then I'd rather save up a lil more and get better built PC.

Thank you very much

 

[StrangleHold]

Well it comes down to DDR runs on 939 sockets and DDR2 works on AM2 sockets

 

[Niskyspy]

Well it comes down to DDR runs on 939 sockets and DDR2 works on AM2 sockets

Yep, so which one should I go with.
AM2 or 939?

 

[StrangleHold]

AM2 is the newer socket, so if building a new system go with AM2

 

[g33 m4n]

its also faster

 

[Geoff]

its also faster

Only by a very small amount 1-5%. Although the prices for AM2 motherboards and fast DDR2 memory can make it not worth it to some people.

 

[Maddhatter]

i would agree with omega...the price of 939 socket processors has dropped a ton recently making them very good affordable processors