New to custom build, thx for helping!!

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Hello, i'm new to custom build, i need you guys opinion, i was planing to get a intel q9450 and hoping to overclock to 3.6ghz, which package is the best choice:


Package 1
q9450 +
ASUS P5E3 PREMIUM +
OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR3 1600
(I gonna broke for a while -.-)

or

Package 2
q9450 +
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA +
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 8GB (4x2gb) DDR2 800


I have a very old pc and i think is time to get a good one, If Package 2 is better, should i get the ddr1066 or stay with ddr800? I'm a new guys and still learning custom build, i'm not really sure what is the difference between ddr2 and ddr3 (except the price), thank you for your help!!

 

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Hello, i'm new to custom build, i need you guys opinion, i was planing to get a intel q9450 and hoping to overclock to 3.6ghz, which package is the best choice:


Package 1
q9450 +
ASUS P5E3 PREMIUM +
OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR3 1600
(I gonna broke for a while -.-)

or

Package 2
q9450 +
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA +
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 8GB (4x2gb) DDR2 800


I have a very old pc and i think is time to get a good one, If Package 2 is better, should i get the ddr1066 or stay with ddr800? I'm a new guys and still learning custom build, i'm not really sure what is the difference between ddr2 and ddr3 (except the price), thank you for your help!!

There is no significant performance difference between ddr2 and ddr3.

Ideally, get a x38 motherboard with 800mhz ddr2 ram that overclocks well. You can also get 1066mhz ddr2, but most of those are just factory overclocked 800 kits, and will default back to 800 on some motherboards.