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IRTxert

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Phenom II 940 seems to be the best CPU for the price right now. But then I'm stuck with DDR2 with no ram upgrade option.

955 is currently too expensive. If I go DDR3 I would probably go with the 710 or 720.

I guess DDR2 price will gradually increase? I can settle with 4GB now, but maybe there will be games that require more ram within the next 3 years? Then I would have no upgrade option.

I plan to play Supreme Commander with the build..so quad core is pretty helpful.

Your opinions? Is RAM upgradability worth going DDR3 and a slower processor? How long would I have to wait for something like 955 (or an AM3 processor with good performance/price) to come down to under $200 ?
 
DDR3 will save you more money in the long run, but it will not be any advantage to a slow chip. I would just go with ddr2 now since they're dirt cheap, and 4gb is more than enough for most case right now. When you start needing more, it might be prudent to just upgrade the whole rig.
 
DDR3 is dirt cheap too...more so than DDR2? Just recently there was " 6GB (3x2GB) OCZ DDR3-1333 Triple Channel Desktop Memory $38 after $50 MIR". DDR3 being cheap is the only reason I'm not certain about getting a AM2+ setup.
 
just make sure with supreme commander you use the 2GB allocation command to allow the game to use more then 2 gigs.... because the game is a memory hog and will crash on the 6 player or higher maps.. yeah i found that out the hard way.. playing one of the large maps.. sat there and watched my memory usage skyrocket to 2GB then my entire system would hardlock.. but having a quad core makes world of difference in SC..
 
I have a PII 955 and managed to OC it to 3.7GHz on stock voltage. I'm sure that the price will drop in a short while.
 
If DDR3 prices are cheap, then go with that. I haven't been keeping up with ram prices.
 
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