board and/or RAM like you did. OP stated DDR2 1066. OP is not an overclocker, so ramping the FSB to 400Mhz. is not in his future. You miss some of the important things sometimes. It's amazing OP did not correct me when I rattled off all those specs for DDR2...

Mobo - 199.99 Tri Channel 1600 DDR3 = 84.99 Total = 513.99 Now for an Amd P2 X4 System : P2 X4 940 - 229.99 790FX Mobo - 199.99 4GB 1066 DDR2 - 47.99 Total = 477.97 Can't deny the numbers940. Im not so sure youll see those kinds...

if I've left something out. Thanks * Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz (Planning on OC'ing this) * XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI - or if I can afford it - Asus Rampage Extreme X48 * OCZ Reaper HPS 1066 DDR2 RAM (4GB) * 2x XFX GeForce GTX275...

Phenom II 940 BE Temps. I am running a Phenom II 940 BE at stock speeds (3.0ghz) IGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P 4gb Gskill 1066 DDR2 ram @800mhz nVidia 7950gx2 video card Antec Truepower Trio PSU 650w Antec VSK-2000 Case with two 120mm fans on front blowing...

DDR2 800 and DDR2 1066 doesn't have a noticeable difference in games/most apps and both can OC very well. Between DDR2 1066 and DDR2 800 both are good,if you are getting DDR2 1066 then get one with CL5 timings and if you go with DDR2 800 go for the one which...

LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9650 - Retail XCLIO A380BK Fully Black SECC 1.0mm thickness ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-8500C5...

this isn't indicative of how many cards they sell, just that they sell more then they get in supply. If they get 2 cards a week and sell out, that is alot different than getting 2000 cards and selling out. With out more information you can't conclude for/against...

1600mhz ram. I know ddr2 is being outdated by ddr3. But i wonder why ram over 1066 mhz up to 1600mhz wasn't produced. 800mhz ram for ddr2 is basicly as good as 1066mhz ram for ddr3. I wonder what ddr2 1600mhz ram would be like compared to ddr3 1600mhz. DDR2,...