Charles Kroeger wrote:
virtually any board easily available today is going to make use of DDR2 memoryWhat about DDR3 memory, is that preferable?
IMO, YMMV, IMNAL, etc and so on, DDR3 would only be of any real use with higher end CPU and motherboards that can take advantage of the extra memory bus bandwidth.
DDR3 still has a price premium over DDR2, so it's not as cost effective. Granted, it's not much, but it is there.
DDR3 does have the advantage of being a bit more future proof as it is 'the future' for system memory.
It all depends on the budget and the intended purpose for the system.