Re: motherboad for desktop

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-26 05:30, Justin The Cynical wrote:
> Charles Kroeger wrote:
> > > virtually any  board easily available today is going to make use of 
> > > DDR2 memory
> >
> > What 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.

Further boosting cost, you need to buy DDR3 in triplets, instead of 
pairs like with DDR2.

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