Quote Originally Posted by rion View Post
nice rig!...

it is not a happy time to buy rams today. nagmamahal na yung DDR2 kasi na-pha-phase out na daw sila. yung DDR3 are getting cheaper, but still not cheap enough.

cheapest is geil 1GB DDR2-800 - 1,150.00. I think this ram is about 650 pesos a few months ago.

one choice for Intel builders, probably i5. i7 boards and procie are still expensive. i5=10k for board and 10k for procie

looking forward for a i9 builds this 2010, once they release a lower i9 variant... by that time mura na yung DDR3 din...(I hope) and the i7 board are still compatible with i9

cheapest DDR2+DDR3 board for Amd is the Emaxx Emx-Amd785G-FXN at around 3.9k though hanggang 1333 lang max niya.
The i7 and i9 will make much better use of DDR3 than the AMD Phenom II's.

DDR3 is really overkill for my rig. But, I wanted a hassle-free assemble. So I went with AM3/DDR3. Plus, the DDR3 will come in handy once I start overclocking the Phenom II X3 (to 3.2ghz). I think this Gigabyte board is also defaulting to 1333. But, it'll do 1600 and 1800 overclocked.