RAM question

[AAP]

4 gigs DDR3

vs

6 gigs DDR2

Which is better, assuming they are running on the exact same system and processor?

 

[kx250rider]

I think I'd go with the DDR3 at 4 gb, but ONLY IF your mother board will use it. If not, the board will treat it as DDR2, and go the same speed as if you put DDR2 in it. Also, many mother boards are not capable of "seeing" more than 4 gb of ram.

Charles

 

[miplank]

are you upgrading ram, or getting a new computer?

 

[AAP]

I think I'd go with the DDR3 at 4 gb, but ONLY IF your mother board will use it. If not, the board will treat it as DDR2, and go the same speed as if you put DDR2 in it. Also, many mother boards are not capable of "seeing" more than 4 gb of ram.

Charles

It is :

AMD Athlon™ II X2 Dual-Core Processor 2.8ghz

 

[AAP]

are you upgrading ram, or getting a new computer?

Gonna be new. Have to get it by this Sunday though.

Narrowed it down to 2 so far.

 

[the_alcatraz]

it depends.

 

[the_alcatraz]

why do you need 6 GB of RAM?

 

[the_alcatraz]

easiest way i can explain it is this:

how much RAM does the specific application need? requirements never mention anything about DDR2 or DDR3 just amount of RAM.

if you can use DDR3 then yuo should...it's faster

Also, DDR3 works best in 3s and not 2s....so 3 GB, 6 GB, etc...

 

[miplank]

why do you need 6 GB of RAM?

duh, because if 4 is good...6 is better

 

[AAP]

Also, DDR3 works best in 3s and not 2s....so 3 GB, 6 GB, etc...

Well there are only two slots on the machine I am looking at that offers 6 gig DDR3

The specs are :

Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T6500 [2.1GHz, 2MB L2, 800MHz FSB]

Memory 6GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [2 DIMMs]

This is from HP United States - Computers, Laptops, Servers, Printers and more >>choose their all-on-one 600t series and customize. You get 4 gig DDR3 there with an option to upgrade to 6 gig DDR3

Same one available at BestBuy, (same HP, same 600t series) has the standard 4 gig DDR3 amount in it. But with an AMD Athlon™ II X2 2.8 processor on it.

Neither say how many memory slots are available to use. So not sure if it is 3 x 2 gig sticks or 2 x 3 gig sticks.

 

[AAP]

why do you need 6 GB of RAM?

I am thinking long term. Had this current little box for 6 years and I want something to last just as long without having to upgrade it in a couple of years.

 

[PICK3]

thought this thread was about Dodge trucks

 

[chris302001]

thought this thread was about Dodge trucks

my tank is full

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

If it's a premade system advertised with a 64 bit OS then it probably can accept more than 4 gigs, but DDR3 is faster. Additionally if you were doing anything that required more than that you'd need something with a faster/quad core processor anyways to keep up, so yeah I'd go with DDR3, especially long term.

 

[the_alcatraz]

dude an additional 2 GB of RAM is like $70....

 

[jnuts]

Honestly... for what you are doing you probably won't notice a difference.

 

[puddlemonkey]

whoa, an old school n00b!

 

[ortiz34]

Go with the DDR3 4 gig

I assume it still has slots for an upgrade, IMO
So you can turn it into a 6 gb DDR 3 down the road for short money

 

[AAP]

Honestly... for what you are doing you probably won't notice a difference.

hello buddy

 

[nydj66]

duh, because if 4 is good...6 is better

These go to eleven.

YouTube - "These go to eleven"

 

[nydj66]

4 gigs DDR3

vs

6 gigs DDR2

Which is better, assuming they are running on the exact same system and processor?

If you want your system to be slightly faster, go with 4 gigs DDR3. If it's more important to have 10 applications opened at once in Windows 7, then go with the 6 gigs DDR2.

 

[jnuts]

hello buddy

How is life? Still living in hurricane alley?

 

[AAP]

How is life? Still living in hurricane alley?

Still here. Got lucky this year so far... none have occurred.