jay Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 HiI was wondering if it would be feasable or worthwhile upgrading to DDR2 or even DDR3 RAM. My system is AMD Athalon XP2600+ processor, 1024mb memory,120gb hard drive. Would it be too costly (I am assuming that motherboard and processor would need upgrading) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Your mother board book will tell you what ram is compatible. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 HiI was wondering if it would be feasable or worthwhile upgrading to DDR2 or even DDR3 RAM. My system is AMD Athalon XP2600+ processor, 1024mb memory,120gb hard drive. Would it be too costly (I am assuming that motherboard and processor would need upgrading)Surely it depends on what you are doing with your computer. If you are just writing to aunt Doris every month your requirements wil be totally different to those needed if you are an on-line game addict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 DDR3 RAM or DDR2 will require a new motherboard and processor, so it will be a costly upgrade.If your computer does everything you want it to, why upgrade for the sake of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 DDR3 RAM or DDR2 will require a new motherboard and processor, so it will be a costly upgrade.If your computer does everything you want it to, why upgrade for the sake of it.Thanks. What improvements do DDR 2 and 3 make. I play games, but not online. I don't write to aunt Doris (Silly comment) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 http://shsc.info/DDR2That should help explain DDR2 from DDR, I'd imagine the results would be similar from DDR2 to DDR3 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 DDR3 RAM or DDR2 will require a new motherboard and processor, so it will be a costly upgrade.If your computer does everything you want it to, why upgrade for the sake of it.Thanks. What improvements do DDR 2 and 3 make. I play games, but not online. I don't write to aunt Doris (Silly comment)Maybe your Aunt Doris doesn't want to hear from you. Catgate is very close to his Aunt Doris. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Surely new RAM, new motherboard and new processor is almost equivalent to a new computer so, why not go the whole way and buy another machine? Might even be cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 http://shsc.info/DDR2That should help explain DDR2 from DDR, I'd imagine the results would be similar from DDR2 to DDR3 too.Thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 DDR3 RAM or DDR2 will require a new motherboard and processor, so it will be a costly upgrade.If your computer does everything you want it to, why upgrade for the sake of it.Thanks. What improvements do DDR 2 and 3 make. I play games, but not online. I don't write to aunt Doris (Silly comment)Maybe your Aunt Doris doesn't want to hear from you. Catgate is very close to his Aunt Doris. :lol:I think catgate IS Aunt Doris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Surely new RAM, new motherboard and new processor is almost equivalent to a new computer so, why not go the whole way and buy another machine? Might even be cheaper.Thanks, that is basically what I was trying to find out. I think I will insall maximum RAM for now and new machine later. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 With a new computer also comes PCU cards/chips things(USB ports etc...), Tower, chips... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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