Upgrade Ram?

[StarsFan4Life]

I just put together a file server for my home. It contains the following specs:

* New GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H 780g chipset
* AMD X2 3800+
* 3gb PC2-4200 RAM
* 1.5TB (3 X 500GB WD SATA's)
* Onboard audio/lan/video

Now, this is strictly a file server for our home. Would it be beneficial to upgrade the ram to faster ram (PC2-6400 rather than PC2-4200)? Would it be beneficial to upgrade the CPU from a X2 3800+ to a 5600+?

Also, if I go to the faster ram, I only plan to purchase 2gb. So, my next question, is it better to have less of a faster type ram than to have more of a slower type ram?

 

[dhc014]

For a file server there would be no benefit to adding more RAM and little benefit from upgrading the CPU. I'd be surprised if the system used more than 1GB of RAM and 50% of that CPU.

 

[StarsFan4Life]

Would there be a benefit to adding faster ram and taking the old out?

 

[tiraides]

You really wouldn't gain much benefit by using faster RAM in a file server. The benefits of using faster RAM would come mainly if you were going overclocking your processor (and with a file server, you would have no need to overclock anything.) Your network connection would play a larger role in how well a file server functions.

 

[Dangman]

You really wouldn't gain much benefit by using faster RAM in a file server. The benefits of using faster RAM would come mainly if you were going overclocking your processor (and with a file server, you would have no need to overclock anything.) Your network connection would play a larger role in how well a file server functions.

QFT. In addition, the speed of your hard drives also play a larger role in how well a file server performs.