Hey guys,
I'm building a new Comp for a friend. Although he won't be doing much gaming, he is asking for something top of the line and is willing to spend. I've decided to go with the Intel Q9550 with the Gigabyte GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R. Since there will be absolutely no overclocking, I was wondering If i needed to buy an additional CPU Cooler, or will the stock one be fine????
My second question regards memory. I know the motherboard supports up to DDR2 1066. However, will there be any noticeable speed differences between the DDR2800 and 1066?? He will mainly use this for multitasking (itunes, MSN messenger , MS office, thunderbird, etc.). The price for 4 x 2gb of the 800 is only a few bucks cheaper than the 1066. I was just thrown off because I wasnt sure of the actual speed differences, and I also noticed that teh timings were higher on the 1066.
Thanks in advanced.
I'm building a new Comp for a friend. Although he won't be doing much gaming, he is asking for something top of the line and is willing to spend. I've decided to go with the Intel Q9550 with the Gigabyte GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R. Since there will be absolutely no overclocking, I was wondering If i needed to buy an additional CPU Cooler, or will the stock one be fine????
My second question regards memory. I know the motherboard supports up to DDR2 1066. However, will there be any noticeable speed differences between the DDR2800 and 1066?? He will mainly use this for multitasking (itunes, MSN messenger , MS office, thunderbird, etc.). The price for 4 x 2gb of the 800 is only a few bucks cheaper than the 1066. I was just thrown off because I wasnt sure of the actual speed differences, and I also noticed that teh timings were higher on the 1066.
Thanks in advanced.