

it's true, I
could cry, if it's this complicated
even with everybody's help here to even figure out what to put into the machine .. all I can say (again) is I'm bleeding glad I'm not building the fecking thing.
There -
now I feel better, please
excise - "excuse" I
meant to type

that little outburst

Actually part of my problem is I'm kinda stuck with the one supplier cause they're building the thing.
Mostly this okay cause they have quite a good selection - but on the memory front they seem to cater almost completely to gamers who like this overclocking business - so this was actually one of the cheaper memory options!
What I dont really understand is:
according to
Wikipedia, 800 is better than 667 & so on down the line - but the prices (at this website anyway,) dont seem to reflect this at all
Looking at mobo specs & same for various memory types was what nearly brought me to tears - they sort of tend to hide all the important details or mobo says abc then memory says xyz
okay,
mobo website (wher I should have looked in the first place) says:
1. 4 DDR2 DIMM memory slots (supports up to 16GB memory) 2. Supports dual channel DDR2 800/667/533/400 DIMMs 3. Supports 1.8V DDR2 DIMMs |
that seems fairly clear now

so I have something to work with!
one from Crucial that says 1.8Volts, but it's only a 533 - €10 euros cheaper @ €86

a
KingstonValue Ram 667 for €94 (not that cheap!) also runs at 1.8V - that sounds like my choice unless anyone else cries NO!?