DDR2 vs DDR3?

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Stupid Stupid, meant DDR2 vs DDR3

I am currently using 8gigs of DDR2 and wondered would it be beneficial to sell that ram and rather purchase 4 gigs of DDR3.

What are the real world benefits of DDR3 memory and would it be worth losing 4 gigs over?

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DDR3 vs DDR3? :D

Erm I'm not a 100% sure but I'm guessing it depends what you use your PC for, do you need a lot of ram or do you just want it to be faster? DDR3 is just faster ram.
 
As above, it all depends on what your needs are. You'll have to choose between having more capacity as you do now versus what may only be a small real world gain in performance by switching to DDR3. If it's mainly gaming for example then DDR3 might be the way to go but if you regularly use resource hungry apps such CAD or photographic processing then it would make more sense to stay with what you have now.
 
Changing from DDR2 to DDR3 would likely involve a motherboard change too.
Pretty expensive upgrade really for very little gain.
 
DDR2 pirces are high so you could probably sell the DDR2 RAM for 6gb of DDR3 RAM and maybe evna new motherboard for the amount you get for it :)
 
Im gonna go home and check if my mobo supports ddr3 and if it does Im selling these 8 gigs and getting ddr3..dont have access to the selling forum yet though :mad:
 
DDR2 pirces are high so you could probably sell the DDR2 RAM for 6gb of DDR3 RAM and maybe evna new motherboard for the amount you get for it :)

If he has DDR2 then he won't have an i7 setup so 6gb of Triple channel RAM won't help :p
 
Well you see thats thust it, the booklet I received when I purchased the mobo said it was a MSI 790GX however looking at reviews of the MSI 790GX it says that it only supports DDR3 memory. I have also seen that there is the MSI 790GX 65 which is the one that supports the DDR3 memory however i dont htink its the 790GX 65 that I have thats why this is confusing. I need something that is going to tell me exactly what model mobo I have. I guess the book will tell me if the Mobo supports DDR3 or not
 
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