What a Biff :(

Hi guys,

My new Motherboard and q6600 arrived, I started to put it all together when I discovered my 4Gb memory is in fact DDR (PC3200) not DDR2.

[spoiler]I had forgotten that I went with DDR in the first place for the improved latency (performance between DDR and DDR2 at that time was 6 of one (better latency) and half a dozen of the other (better data throughput) and I opted for the former :( I know 7 Ps and all that...(CFO gave me an unexpected green light if I could tell her how much it would cost in 15 mins.... so it was a rush job... still no excuse ;) )[/spoiler]

So what I would like to know is:
I have this motherboard http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...=GA-EP35C-DS3R

it supports DDR2 and DDR3"

Quote:

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DDR3:

1. 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules

DDR2:

1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory(Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1200 (O.C.)/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules

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Basically I blew my budget on the CPU and MB so I am going to have to scrimp a little on the memory (yes I know, shocking state of affairs but better than not being able to benefit from the upgrade at all ;) )

DDR3 is out of my price range - I am in enough crap from my gf as it is ;)

Considering I was previously only able to use 2.8Gb of my memory, should I go for 2Gb 1066Mhz or 4Gb 800Mhz? (this motherboard supports up to 8Gb so will get to use all of it this time ;) ) or even 4Gb 667Mhz (overclockable apparently)?

Thanks for any input... Flames welcome for my idiocy

Get some DDR2 PC6400 (800MHz). You wont see a huge performance boost from WoW by getting anything faster.

4GB is cheap enough so you should probably get some of that :-)

Cheers mate... that does the job! ;)