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prowling1   10-06-2009 at 09:08:32 PM

I just purchased a XFX 790i Ultra. I am upgrading because the Asus in my nephews Alienware stopped... He is running a Core 2 Duo2.13 E6400 1066mhs fsb. I missed that the new MB does not support DDR2 but DDR3. It will support up to 2000mhz DDR3. If I have to buy memory I want to buy DDR3-2000 but am unsure if the E6400 cpu will work with it. Can anyone advise me?

Thanks!!

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xaira   10-06-2009 at 09:17:31 PM

yes it will work, but its an extremely arrogant waste of money, 1333 or 1600 will do just fine and wont decrease performance at all

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abhishekk89   10-06-2009 at 09:18:42 PM

don't worry bout the cpu...
you should be more worried about the mobo and memory... both should either be ddr3 or ddr2..

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Bronze CPUs badge Twoboxer   10-06-2009 at 10:43:11 PM

xaira wrote :

yes it will work, but its an extremely arrogant waste of money, 1333 or 1600 will do just fine and wont decrease performance at all


+1 ^. Well, OK, not arrogant . . . just a totally unnecessary expense.

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prowling1   10-06-2009 at 11:18:41 PM

Twoboxer wrote :

+1 ^. Well, OK, not arrogant . . . just a totally unnecessary expense.


I know it is a waste he just can not afford the better cpu at the moment. so I would like to buy the better memory and then he can upgrade the cpu at a later date. Thanks for the replies. Helped me ALOT!

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Bronze CPUs badge Twoboxer   10-06-2009 at 11:26:40 PM

Understood.

But even with i5/i7 cpus, 1333 is plenty, 1600 is hardly noticable, 2000 is . . . still overkill. Better to spend money on low latency 1333 or 1600 than anything on 2000.

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prowling1   10-07-2009 at 05:17:29 PM

Ok I get what your saying. 2000 is not noticable yet with the current technology of the I5/I7. In that case I will take your advice and go with the 1333 or 1600 thanks again!!

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