CAS 2 vs. CAS 3 speed differences in RAM with Athlon 64?

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From: ANT...
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:51

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Hello. 

I am going to upgrade my old gaming box to an Athlon 64 system. I
noticed the memory CAS speeds. Does CAS 2 (faster) and CAS 3 (slower) 
make any big speed differences for 1 GB of PC3200 RAM on a Socket 754 
ATX motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+/2.0 Ghz to 3400+ 2.4 Ghz 
(both with 512 KB socket and 754 CPU)? CAS 2 is expensive so... I am
wondering if getting 3 is really worth the price. I am mainly gaming,
watching movies, using the Internet, etc. Gaming is the big one to
note.

You can see my current Athlon XP 2200+ system at 
http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt ... I will be
replacing the motherboard (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe or a MSI K8T Neo F...), 
CPU, RAM, and sound card (getting an Audigy 2).

Thank you in advance. :)
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