QUAD 6600 OR i3 ??

[wazi]

Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/1G / 1GB / 1066MHz / DDR2 / 240pin DIMM i got some from amazon last week for £13 per stick its gone up to £15 now
but ddr3 and its ultra low prices and speed just tempts tooo much

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/1G / 1GB / 1066MHz / DDR2 / 240pin DIMM i got some from amazon last week for £13 per stick its gone up to £15 now
but ddr3 and its ultra low prices and speed just tempts tooo much

The low pricing of DDR3 is tempting. However,I realised that getting a better graphics card for my current system will be more cost effective and hopefully will involve less hassle too.

[Uriel]

Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2/1G / 1GB / 1066MHz / DDR2 / 240pin DIMM i got some from amazon last week for £13 per stick its gone up to £15 now
but ddr3 and its ultra low prices and speed just tempts tooo much

Precisely what's put me off from using AM2 stuff in the spare rig. Just over £30 will get you 4GB (2x2GB) of decent branded DDR3 now. I'd rather sell up and start again.

[Pob255]

Yes there's been a massive drop in ddr3 prices, start of november the same 2x2gb ddr3 would of cost £70

That ASrock board with both memory slots is a AM2+ board, the memory controller is in the cpu not the board, what they've done is to add in a 2nd set of memory pathways for the ddr3 memory.
The only real difference between an am2+ and am3 board is a change in socket pin holes, so you cannot physically put an am2 cpu into an am3 socket and the memory sockets and the pathways to the cpu.
Great board as well, it's one thing ASRock does so well it's their hybrid boards.

[Domestic_Ginger]

Theres planty of that decent crucial budget stuff kicking round.

[j.col]

as mentioned already, i3 will be a sideways move.
personally i wouldnt,
i am going to hang on to my Q6600 for a while yet