Hey all, this is my first post and I searched this topic, but sorry in advanced if this situation as already been dicussed and answered.

I'm upgrading my desktop with a new processor and mobo and I have a few questions about memory. I'll most likely be going from an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane @2.2GHz to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield @ 2.4GHz. The Intel motherboard recommends DDR2 1066, but I already have 4GB of DDR2 800 (Cas 5; 5-5-5-15). I am trying to keep this as cheap as possible and my questions are:

If I do upgrade my memory from 800 to 1066 am I going to be seeing a performance increase and is it worth the money?

Side notes:
I am not an overclocker.
Here is my motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299
Here is my processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115017
If you have a better recommendation to another motherboard please feel free to post it, it just needs to have at least one pci-e 2.0.

Thanks for your help,

Mitch

Nope, no performance increase unless you overclock your FSB faster than 1600MHz. I also suspect the Intel MB doesn't "recommend" DDR2-1066, but rather just supports it.

lol, thanks for the insanely fast response! I was revising my post to include motherboard recommendations and I was actually changing the "recommends" part for the 1066, but didn't have time. Thanks again.

Good luck! These days, your money is best spent on the CPU (and if you're a gamer, on the graphics card). DDR2-800 RAM is plenty fast enough until compelling DDR3 systems are available in a year or so.