upgrade: option A or B?

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i'm thinking of upgrading my system. here's what i have right now:

CPU: Core 2 E6300
MB: Gigabyte 965P-DS3
RAM: 1GB Patriot 5300llk
OS: Windows XP pro sp2

i'm looking at 2 options. the first is to upgrade to this motherboard for the P35 chipset, and upgrading to 2 gigs of ram.

my second option is to just get 4 gigs of ram, since the ddr2 sets are relatively cheap.

i've also read an article on how ddr2 and ddr3 aren't so much different right now, so i'm not worried about getting ddr3.

thanks in advance
 
My personal opinion would be to upgrade the motherboard and RAM (to 2 GB). But I don't see why you need to upgrade anything but the RAM (to 2 GB). What do you need to upgrade for?
 
I say option B. Your system is still pretty fast and you only need the P35 mobo if you want to be able to upgrade to Penryn. However, from what I can see, Penryn only offers about a 5-10% over current Intel C2Ds. Well the Wolfdales only offer that much at least. So it's really not worth it to change to a new mobo for a 10% performance increase. Just OC your E6300 and you can make up for that 10%.

And yes DDR2 RAM is cheap. This 2x2GB set is only $120, $80 after rebate:
G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM - $115

6GB of RAM anyone? However do remember that you need a 64bit OS like Vista 64bit in order to use all that RAM.
 
Damn. That's just....damn.

Man you always post some of the most interesting hardware links out there. :)
 
Yah, I saw bbz_ghost post that before, but I was looking for a free ramdisk program, lol. Anyone have experience with a free one?

I say just upgrade the RAM.
 
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