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Originally Posted by op76
And same goes with DDR3, 'cause I have heard, that there has been major compability issues with those (at least some mainboards haven't supported all brands or so).
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Independent of DDR2 vs. DDR3 (which is mostly determined by the CPU you are going to buy), selecting proper RAM
recommended for that particular mainboard model by the MB manufacturer can be important. This is not a "DDR2 vs. DDR3" issue, this is more a general "recommended RAM" issue, all mainboards are tested only with a handful of memory modules from assorted brands. That doesn't mean other products won't work just as good, there's just no guaranteed function for these products and your chances to buy the wrong stuff increase.
Buying no-name/cheap RAM may result in the oddest problems ever and even if you buy random high-priced overclocker's ultra-cool pet RAM with go-faster-stripes, you may end up with issues as well and have to find out the proper mem timings to set in the BIOS all by your own to say the least. So you/we can't answer that question without knowing the particular mainboard you're going to buy.
Alas RAM recommendations are sometimes hard to find or missing on the manufacturer websites. Checking what other users of a particular mainboard use for RAM may help there a bit.