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Originally Posted by Zantham
and partly because you don't end up with an unlinked FSB ratio.
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This sounds closer to the heart of the issue for me. Can you explain what you mean by that? Because if the memory operates at 800 but my CPU is 1000, how do they correlate?
The issue is that I want to buy memory that is fast enough to ensure that it won't be a bottleneck for my CPU. If it is apparent that I need to buy really expensive memory that runs at 1000 to match my CPU's 1000mhz FSB, then I will step down my CPU to something less powerful rather than be stuck with a smoking processor but cheaper less powerful RAM.
This would probably be easier if I outright state that my goal is to upgrade my CPU, memory, video card, motherboard, and power supply for between $500 and $600. I'll be salvaging case, optical drives, hard drive, etc etc from my current machine.