Which memory for P8P67 MB

[Dr_Watson]

Hi all.

Will be upgrading my C2D in the next weeks to the board mentioned above with a 2500K CPU. I will keep my GTX470 for now.

I know quite a bit about PC's and building/OC'ing them....apart from memory! The numbers have always been gobbledygook to me.

My current system has Mushkin XP2-6400 2x2GB Kit, DDR2-800, CL4-4-4-12.
- Will this work in a P8P67 motherboard?
- If so, would it be a big bottleneck in the system with the other new components?

I do plan on getting new memory anyway it's just that DDR3 looks hard to get here is Switzerland so I may plan on ordering some soon while I can still get it.

Looking at 2x 2Gb sticks for Dual channel. Will be playing GTA4, FSX and Race On mostly so anything more than 4Gb is prob o.t.t.

What should I be aiming for

DDR3-1600?
DDR3-1800?
DDR3-2000?


Corsair 2x2GB, DDR3-1866, [email protected] 9 9 9 24 Dominator GT
Corsair 2x4GB, DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800) 8 8 8 24 Vengenace
Kingston Hyperx DDR3 2000 MHz (PC3-16000) 9 11 9 27 CL9

or I can order from OC's Uk and ship it over, I've not checked out what they have yet.

 

[Troezar]

Good question, I am keeping an eye on manufacturers compatibility tables to see what they say. I've not seen anything definitive yet...

 

[dave_beast]

My current system has Mushkin XP2-6400 2x2GB Kit, DDR2-800, CL4-4-4-12.
- Will this work in a P8P67 motherboard?

No, DDR2 won't work on the new P67 boards

What should I be aiming for

DDR3-1600?
DDR3-1800?
DDR3-2000?

DDR3 1600 is the sweet spot for performance/cost atm

 

[Dr_Watson]

Thanks, good to know DDR2 won't work.

So which of these is better? Faster memory or lower timmings? I plan to OC the 2500K to around 4-4.5 Ghz

Corsair Dominator 1866 MHz ( PC3-15000 ) CL9 9 9 9 24 CMT4GX3M2A1866C9
Corsair Dominator 1600 Mhz ( PC3-12800 ) CL7 7-8-7-20 CMP4GX3M2C1600C7