If you arent going to OC your rig does it really matter if you get 533 RAM or 1066 RAM? Does it depend on which CPU you get?
What is more important when NOT OCing, timings or speed?
When not OC’ing, definitely the timings.
Benchmarks have shown to favour RAM speeds running synchronous with the FSB, i.e. at 533Mhz (266Mhz DDR) for a 1066Mhz FSB (266Mhz quad-pumped).
Depending on whether you get a CPU using a faster FSB like say 1333Mhz (333Mhz quad-pumped), you would accordingly need RAM running at faster speeds → 667Mhz (333Mhz DDR) to stay synchronous with your FSB.
There is the other possibility that you can NOT OC the CPU, but OC the FSB instead (alleviate some of the bottlenecking associated with the FSB) in which case, RAM capable of higher speeds would be preferred.
Of course, if you have the budget to get a decent pair of sticks you can get both high speeds at nominal timings as well as low speeds with super-tight timings.
Edit:
Apologies, it appears according to this that memory speeds can improve performance, though the results are very close: AnandTech: Corsair Dominator PC2-10000: Fastest DDR2
Can you suggest any RAM available in India for a 1066 FSB CPU?
Basically I need to get 533/667 RAM and anything more is overkill?
Any 667 valueram is enough frankly if you are not overclocking. The difference between 4:5 and 2:3 dividers is minimal. So 667 is enough.
Ok…Btw does it make a diff if I get 4 X1 GB or 2 X2 GB?
2x2GB obviously… leaves you with future room for expansion :P.
is there any beinifit using a DDR2-800 Ram than a 667 MHz with E6300 - 1066 FSB if you are not overclocking ?
I know it leaves room for expansion but I meant that is there a performance difference…I guess not?
I vaguely recall Karan saying bank interleaving with 4 sticks does improve performance. How much of a performance increase, i’m not quite sure but it wouldnt be much.
^ is that interleaving ?