Ram question

[Byte 2.0]

A guy at work is about to build a high end system and ask me about memory. I want to be sure before I give him any advise on this one.

He is planning on going with an intell 800fsb processor.

For Max proformance, I believe he will need to run Dual channel pc3200 DDR correct?

[imbest123]

Yes, that is correct. Make sure to get ram with good latency though, but it latency doesnt have as big as an impact on Intel as it does on AMD.

[not important]

Yes, 3200 to take advantage of Hyper Threading.

[bailey]

correct, that would be a minium, personaly I would run faster, like 3500, you never know what he might want to do in the futurem 3700 would not hurt eather

[Panama Red]

Believe the "Dual channel" terminology more applies to the motherboard capabilities than ram capability. However, in order for a motherboard's dual channel to work, you need 2 identical sticks of ram. (or 4 sticks works also on some boards) Rather than try find two that work together, it's easier to buy the "matched pair".