RAM question

[Dano4600]

ok i am building a new computer and have come across this

"Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only." ( although i no longer see this on my motherboard at newegg)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131339
but it is on the asus page
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=789&l4=0&model=2503&m odelmenu=2

i've looked around and am still not sure what that means exactily, i will be getting 8gigs of ram, since i will be using this for video work.

if i understand it correctly it means that i can not use 4 sticks of 2gig 1066 ram, at least can't run it at 1066.

so is there a noticeable diffrence between 800 and 1066 ram

 

[TrainTrackHack]

if i understand it correctly it means that i can not use 4 sticks of 2gig 1066 ram, at least can't run it at 1066.

You can use it, but the speed will be reduced to 800.

so is there a noticeable diffrence between 800 and 1066 ram

In majority of real-world applications, no, and even where the difference shows it's usually insignificant/marginal, unless it's really memory-intensive (and no, Crysis doesn't count as "extremely memory-intensive")

 

[Dano4600]

thanks

 

[funkysnair]

i have 4gigs of 1066mhz and i didnt notice one difference going from my 800mhz

the only reason i got it was because the price difference was small and the fact that it maxed out the boards specs

so hackapelite is right (not many people agree with him these days lol )