2GB or 4GB of DDR3 Needed?

[darkmage87]

I just bought a Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1375 (PC3 11000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail, and I'm wondering if I should buy another one, since I won't be upgrading for a long time after this.

I paid $295 + $18 for shipping = $313 US, and if I buy another one it would be $600 + $18 = $618 US for the equal of 4GB, is it worth it to get another 2GB or should I stick with the 2GB?

 

[choirbass]

eventually 4GB will be worth getting (and for some people its worth it now even), but, its going to depend largely on what you do, too. if youre using vista x64, possibly. if youre doing photoshop and such, possibly. if youre gaming, possibly.

but, just because you said you wont be upgrading for a long time afterwards, years at least, go for the 4GB. going with at least a quad core, is also something to consider too then (unless you already have a quad core out of preparation). but if you dont already, quad cores (as with everything), should be dropping in price after not too much longer, but, that would involve upgrading, so, yeah..

 

[SEALBoy]

I would say upgrade, but not now. 2GB is fine, upgrade when DDR3 prices descend from the sky. $600 for RAM is insane.

 

[darkmage87]

Well this is my long shopping list:

1) Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2) ASUS P5K3 Deluxe / WiFi-AP, INTEL P35 Chipset DDR3/1333 motherboard
3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 8800 GTX
4) Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24bit Sound Card
5) Vantec Hard Drive Cooler HDC-701A-BL
6) Nikao 5.25" BayInsert LCD Temperature Display Black
7) X-Blade Black ATX Neon Case With See Through Panel
8) Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II 3Gb/s Hard Drive
9) OCZ GameXStream 850W OCZ850GXS SLI ATX Power Supply
10) Kingston HyperX DDR3 PC3-11000 2GB LowLatency 1375 MHz RAM
11) CPU Cooler (Need Recommendation)
12) Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo (Need Recommendation)
13) CD/DVD-ROM Drive (Need Recommendation)
14) Surround Speakers (Need Recommendation)
15) Linksys WRT54GS Wireless Network Router With Speed Booster (Already Have)
16) Linksys WMP54GS Wireless PCI Network Card With Speed Booster (Already Have)
17) Acer AL2016W 20" LCD Monitor With DVI Output (Already Have)

Any extra fans needed????

 

[Maziar]

thats a killer rig mate , for DVD rom ,well LG is pretty good and cheap
CPU cooler , i suggest looking @ ThermalTake miniTyphoon and Bigtyphoon

 

[smokedyou911]

Yea go with an lg drive, IF your looking for speakers for around $60 try the logitech x540's.

 

[localcpuguy]

Mouse and keyboard- (comes with a docking station for the mouse, so you don't chew through batteries every month)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126171

Lite- On 20x DVD-Burner w/ Litescribe (SATA) and it includes NERO.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106072

Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers 70Watt RMS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121126

 

[aevm]

Is it too late to return the DDR3 and the motherboard and get DDR2 versions? You're paying a ton more for RAM than I did and you're only going to get about 5% more speed. Not worth it, really. You might as well use that money to upgrade from Q6600 to QX6850 for example.

Speakers: Z5500, if you are looking in the $300 range.

 

[darkmage87]

Well, I bought the RAM from eBay so I have to pay for it no matter what.
I'm saving $219.08 because I bought it on eBay.