computer components & hardware - CAS 2 vs. CAS 3 speed differences in RAM with Athlon 64?

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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.../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. :)

This article compares CAS2 and CAS3.

http://www.tomshardware.com/motherbo...119/index.html

HTH,
Paul