Buy.com has Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB PC6400 DDR-2 800mhz BL2KIT12864AA804 on sale for 139.99 and then a $40.00 rebate, final price of $99.99 if I get the buy.com credit card, they will take off an additional $30 for a final price of $69.00 Pretty good I think for 2 gigs of ram.
I plan on buying an ASUS motherboard. P5B Deluxe or P5B-E. Since I will not be overclocking I will only need 533mhz ram. Can I set this memory down to 533mhz from 800mhz and keep timings to 4-4-4-12 without any problems or should I find better ram? Also the default voltage setting for this ram is 2.2 volts. Can I run this at 1.8 volts and maintain stability? Is this over buying?
I plan on buying an ASUS motherboard. P5B Deluxe or P5B-E. Since I will not be overclocking I will only need 533mhz ram. Can I set this memory down to 533mhz from 800mhz and keep timings to 4-4-4-12 without any problems or should I find better ram? Also the default voltage setting for this ram is 2.2 volts. Can I run this at 1.8 volts and maintain stability? Is this over buying?