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Memory  I am building a new quad core rig using a 680i mobo and
this is the memory I had planned to buy...  Corsair 2GB DDR2 800
(PC2 6400) 4-4-4-12.  However, I just found the following on
newegg for $15 less  Crucial 2GB DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) 5-5-5-15
So since they are virtually the same cost my question is: do I
go for the faster PC2 8000 with higher latency or the PC2 6400
with the lower latency? Note that I will not be doing much in
the way of overclocking if that matters. Primary purpose of this
rig is gaming.  Thanks in advance,  I bet you wouldn't notice
any difference. The higher latency would hurt performance a
little, but the higher speed would help. And you might even be
able to underclock the 1000MHz CL5 to 800MHz CL4 anyway (I know
I can run my 4-4-4-12 DDR2-800 at 5-5-5-15 well over 900MHz).
Anyway, I bet 1000MHz RAM at 5-5-5-15 is faster (probably not
very noticable in real