Thread: Is that OK to have Phenom X6 with DDR2 Ram?

I am planning to have phenom x6 in some time with ddr2 ram since ddr2 is still cheaper.Will there be any bottlenecking?

Originally Posted by darksmart

I am planning to have phenom x6 in some time with ddr2 ram since ddr2 is still cheaper.Will there be any bottlenecking?

Why dont you post all your queries in 1 thread ??

Anyways, no there will not be any significant bottleneck.

I think that you must search from different sites and you can get good idea from those sites specially the IT related.....so what i suggest you is that just go to the sites where you can have good information......

As per my side if you are a gamer means you will fell some increase in Performance with DDr3 ram and Phenom x6 on a 800x Chipset..
If you have a 780+ chipset with ddr2 ram means you wont feel that much difference..
Use 1066mhz Ddr2 ram on AM3 scoket cpu. As they can perform well in it..

DDR2 production has ceased. So expect a steep rise in price. DDR3 prices should be relatively stable, thought memory prices are expected to go up!! I guess it would be better off if you buy DDR3 RAM

As bonda pointed out... Buy a 800x chipset!!

If you are going for DDr2 ram with Phenom II x6 CPU means get the 1066Mhz in Ddr2 ram..
And try getting corsair series ram for OCing the Ram for few more mhz...
As AM3 socket cpu supports 1066mhz rams..
Get 790x chipset motherboard for ddr2 ram or go with 800x chipset with ddr3 combination...

Originally Posted by darksmart

I am planning to have phenom x6 in some time with ddr2 ram since ddr2 is still cheaper.Will there be any bottlenecking?

Though DDR2 is cheaper it is slower and will wreck the performance of your X6

I recommend you to stick to the DDR 3
Corsair and Transcend are good brands in DDR3

^Not really.....most software are not that memory intensive these days....also DDR2 is pretty expensive now, almost the same price as DDR3....

Originally Posted by rajan1311

^Not really.....most software are not that memory intensive these days....also DDR2 is pretty expensive now, almost the same price as DDR3....

But DDR2 production may stop in future as its old and support will also stop

DDR3 is new so itll stay for atleast 5 years i guess

AMD has Backward support not like Intel does..
So having DDr2 is ok for now and if your looking for some high end system build, go with DDr3 support based motherboard and CPU...
All the AMD CPU that are available in the Market till now support both DDr2 and DDr3

I'm using the combination, no problem.