After reading the article on OCing the D805 beyond 4 GHz, I decided to try it, and to do a little research here in the forum on RAM first, because it's a void in my techie knowledge I'd like to fill. Specifically, I've read that XP will not recognise more than 3 gigabytes of RAM; not sure if that's true. Also, I'm not sure if buying superfast dual channel paired RAM is really that beneficial with this hardware.
I'm not sure why, but there was a thread in the 'memory' section all about the article. Fourteen pages, in fact. There was a great deal of discussion about which mobo's to use, and even more discussion about power consumption. Half of those posts were semi-flames, and the other half were mostly irrelevant.
All I'm trying to determine is how much RAM, and what type, to purchase. It's very confusing, unless you possess an Electronics Engineering degree. Oh, wait... I have one of those, and I'm still confused.
Are there any readers out there who can tell me, in one sentence, without describing their own system, and without suggesting alternate hardware than what I have chosen so far, what type of RAM to purchase- with price being of no importance?
Thermaltake TaiChi VBS5000 case
Hiper "R" 580 psu
ASUSTEK P5WD2-WS Premium
(-I plan on running the CPU at 4.0)