DDR2 or DDR3 for Phenom II X3

123q

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Hi, I was wondering if the community could give me advice if i should buy DDR2 memory or DDR3 memory for my Phenom II X3 CPU.

The DDR3 I am looking at is: OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 1333MHz Gold Edition 4GB (2x2048MB) Dual Channel Kit

The DDR3 I am looking at is: Mushkin XP2-8500 DDR2-1066 4GB (2x2GB) Extreme Performance Series CAS 5-5-5-15 (996599)

My budget for ram is less than $60; I live in Canada, so canada's computers is the place where i will be buying parts

Thanks
 

xaira

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as you know, you can get a board that can support ddr2/ddr3 or both, i would suggest ddr3, because as more people move to ddr3, ddr3 will get cheaper and ddr2 will get xpensivee
 
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If you are on a budget just get the DDR2, if you have the cash for a nice DDR3 board then you already know what to get....

It all depends on what motherboard you will be using.....