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I have decided on the AMD 1055t because of the benchs I found showing it to be better than than the 965 when there both OCed. Plus I want my computer to be fully future proof.
Anyways I have also decided on the G.Skill Flare memory 4gb ddr3, however I havent chose which of them to get.
So my question is which would be the best to get:

DDR3 2000 Lat=7 7-9-7-24 189.99

DDR3 2000 Lat=9 9-9-9-24 164.99

DDR3 1800 Lat=7 7-9-7-24 149.99

DDR3 1800 Lat=9 9-9-9-24 139.99

I really wanted to know which would be better the 2000 Lat9 or the 1800 Lat7??
 

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DDR3 1800 Lat7 is better than DDR3 2000 Lat9, however, the DDR3 2000 Lat7 is better than DDR3 1800 Lat7. I would go with the DDR3 1800 Lat7, as the performance difference between the DDR3 2000 won't justify the cost difference... IMO
 

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Thanks, thats what I thought. But wanted a second opinion. I was going to get a 965 but it can't get as low as latencys as the
1055 can. I read a review where they put the 965 and 1055 at 4.0ghz, and the 1055t beat it in every aspect including
games. I even think they were using the stock HS. But I read that when using the stock HS, your going to have louder and hotter system then what you would with something like the 212+.

So between the benchs and this new memory, I has set on the 1055. I really wanted it for the whole future proof thing, because right now, no things don't need 6 cores, but in a year or 2 that might not be true and no matter what happens, the 1055 will last longer than the 965 as far as being "in". The sad thing is that computer technology is moving way faster than application and program technology. So we probably won't see daily things like usb and sata 3 for awhile, and we won't see multi-core applications and games for another year either.
This is why I have been considering seeing what they are going to present in August about BullDozer.