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Is DDR2 still Suitable for new Builds?

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Is DDR2 still Suitable for new Builds?

Postby JLogan » October 16th, 2011, 3:58 am

Being that ddr3 has been on the market for years now. Do, you think you could still have a top-end gaming machine built /w DDR2 and it would be just as speedy as one with DDR3? ( If they both had the same specs on all the other hardware ).
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Re: Is DDR2 still Suitable for new Builds?

Postby shovenose » October 16th, 2011, 7:48 am

I think DDR2 is still good for a budget gaming machine. Not top-end, because any motherboard/CPU combo that uses DDR2 wouldn't be the newest tech, but still OK for a mid-range to budget gamer.
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Re: Is DDR2 still Suitable for new Builds?

Postby c_hegge » October 16th, 2011, 3:46 pm

Yeah. agreed. It's not as fast as DDR3, but for a budget gaming system, it may be OK.
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Re: Is DDR2 still Suitable for new Builds?

Postby duckula » October 31st, 2011, 3:05 pm

DDR3 is a lot cheaper than DDR2. (a kingston DDR3 1333 4G RAM is about ¥130 whereas a Kingston DDR2 800 2G is about ¥150) I won't use DDR2 for new builds anyway.
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Re: Is DDR2 still Suitable for new Builds?

Postby c_hegge » October 31st, 2011, 8:35 pm

Around here, DDR2 and 3 are about the same price.
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