memory ok?

Hello
I recently gutted out my hp so that I can have a decent pc to play games.The motherboard that was in the hp didnt support pci-e. At the time I bought the thing I wasnt playing too many games but once I started I got hooked all over again and realized what a piece of trash I bought. So I salvaged the cpu, memory, and hard drive and bought new gear. My question is about memory, this weekend I ordered another 2 512mb ddr2 pc3200/400 ram however ive been doing some reading and im not so sure I did the right thing.I would like to oc the cpu in the near future. Should I have bought 2- 1g sticks of ram of a higher speed. If it makes that much of a difference i'll send the new ram back.



Prescot P4 3.0
asus P5LD2
sata 200gb
500wt psu
geforce 7900gt
2x 512mb ddr2 pc3200/400
(btw I think this is the timing on this ram 3,0-3-3-1cmd)

 

512mb sticks generally overclock better.

As for higher speed ram, its not really higher speed. Its been tested to overclock to those speeds

At least, thats the case with mine:

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/memory/Corsair_TWINX2048-3500LLPRO_1.html

 

Thats nice ram, I ordered kingston value I believe.
So you think that i'll be ok?

 

You never really know until you try. If it doesn't have heatspreaders, its going to be limited. If its rated at loose timings, its going to be limited. Higher speed ram has been tested to run at certain speeds, so if it fails, or doesn't perform to spec, it can be replaced vida warranty.

OTOH, there are people who achieve great overclocks with value ram, at least in respect to Corsair.