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My buddy is looking at memory for his new computer he will do some gaming,and some editing like video and sound.

What would be a better choice ddr2 675 or 800?

thanks

-pies

That would be 667mhz not 675 there. Many like ocing and go for the DDR2 667 memory while the fastest stock is obviously the 800. Since I planned an essentially stock build here for multimedia, video capturing/editing, and throwing in some gaming at times I simply went for the DDR2 800 performance memory with the faster timings over value or memory seeing a slower speed.

Going with a good brand is the first thing as well as price to consider. Keeping away from the cheap generic brands and planning things out by looking over some of the best brands like Corsair, Crucial, OCZ, Kinston, and others while pricing is the smart move.

ok thanks for the info.

Her's what he was looking at (The wierd thing is it says 675 I never saw that speed before only 667)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145015

The main reason for that is gaming memory being clocked higher as a rule along with the faster timings seen with typical value memory. The standard would be 667 when looking at various brands while that is for Corsair's own gaming memory there. 533, 667, 800, 1066, now 1025 and faster are standard speeds.