Some hardware advice w/ an e4300

[Colt]

I was originally considering this:

C2D e6300 CPU
Gigabyte Ga-965p-s3 MOBO
OCZ 1GB DDR2 800 ram

Ive heard that if i buy an e4300 i can use lower quality RAM and acheive better overclocking results. Could i even go with 667?

1) Should i go with ddr2 667 and save some money, or stick with 800?
2) Should i stick with the e6300 or e4300?
3) What ram do you recommend?

 

[sarsoft]

How much do you want to spend on 1GB ram memory?

1)The difference in prices 800 vs 667 is not that big maybe 5 to 10 bucks. I would stick with DDR2 800 if you plan to overclock.

2)Which ever you pick will be fine. I personaly would go with e4300. Overclocks a bit better and easier due to its 9 multiplier.

3)See the above ?.

If you are planing to upgrade in future to one more 1GB stick then stick with 1GB for now. If not i would go with 2x 512mb so that it runs in dual channel.

Stick with Corsair, Patriot, G-Skill. Here are couple of ram memory that you might be intrested in.

Patriot eXtreme 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $128.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220142

G.SKILL 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $100.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231088

 

[kbrasee]

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=T6UX2GC5&c=fr&show=w

This RAM has had good success overclocking -- I've seen posts of perfect stability at 450 5-5-5-15. Shoot, it defaults to 333 MHz so it's guaranteed to get an E4300 to 3Ghz should the CPU handle it (vs only 2.4 on an E6300).

And it's 2GB for $120. You cannot beat that. I thought the store was a no-name, but look at resellerratings.com, they're right up there w/ NewEgg.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=2003479&enterthread=y