Memory for new PC

Building a new PC soon - and was wondering what to do about memory... I have little to no interest in overclocking, really. It seems to me (from shopping around) that 800mhz DDR2 is about the most popular type of memory on the market right now. Should I focus more on a motherboard that will support DDR2 800mhz and up (to 1066mhz maybe) or look for a motherboard that supports DDR2 and DDR3 - for future upgrades? When will DDR3 memory come into play when building a gaming PC? It's too expensive right now, but quite a few mobos are supporting it already. Thanks for any help. Memory for new PC
DDR2 800 is fine. It'll likely be a few years before you really need DDR3.Memory for new PC
That is what I figured, really. I still plan on building my own PC, but for comparison I've been to some PC sites and built a few 'gaming' PCs (Dell XPS, Alienware, ABS, Voodoo, Falcon) and the DDR2 800mhz seemed to be the top option.What is the purpose of the 'Latency' when looking at memory? Is that something that only overclockers need to pay attention to?Honestly, memory is really the only thing I'm having trouble with when shopping for the different parts. I've had the same 2 gig of memory in my desktop since December of 2002, so I haven't had to shop for memory in almost 5 years. Plus, it's RDRAM - and I know enough about memory to know that RDRAM and DDR2 are completely different.Again, thanks for any help.
[QUOTE=''TexasAnMGrad2K''] That is what I figured, really. I still plan on building my own PC, but for comparison I've been to some PC sites and built a few 'gaming' PCs (Dell XPS, Alienware, ABS, Voodoo, Falcon) and the DDR2 800mhz seemed to be the top option.What is the purpose of the 'Latency' when looking at memory? Is that something that only overclockers need to pay attention to?Honestly, memory is really the only thing I'm having trouble with when shopping for the different parts. I've had the same 2 gig of memory in my desktop since December of 2002, so I haven't had to shop for memory in almost 5 years. Plus, it's RDRAM - and I know enough about memory to know that RDRAM and DDR2 are completely different.Again, thanks for any help.[/QUOTE] Pretty much, i have seen benchmarks for tighter latencies and it makes practically no difference to real world performance. You just need expensive RAM for when you oveerclock, thats all!

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