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Re: mother board hell again..



 On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:58:11PM -0500, Stephen Adler wrote: 
> Here's another issue... does the DDR2-1033MHz memory really make any 
> sense? I could get a P35 Intel mobo with DDR2-800Mhz memory instead and 
> pack it up with 8 gigs... (Beleive it or not...  I really want the 8 
> gigs...) How much boost in performance will I get between the x38 and 
> p35 type motherboards... 

Unless you have a very strange application mix to run, having more RAM 
will be more beneficial to long-term performance than a notional 20% 
increase in RAM speed. 



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