Slight upgrade advice needed...

[josh85x]

Hi, basically my computer is quite old and running rather slowly with all the new games im throwing at it (oblivion, quake4, etc) and am looking to upgrade. I dont want to do a mjor upgrade as of yet as I wish to wait for conroe and am2 to be released then make a decision on which is best. I just need a slight performance boost to keep me going a few months longer.

Current specs
mobo: Asus A7N8X 2.0
cpu: Barton 2800+ (stock speed)
gfx: 9800pro
ram: corsair 512mb (CMX512 3200LLPRO) x2 (stock timings)

I have the ram running at 200, I would do the same with my cpu but I kinda pushed it a bit too far a while back so now the system locks up if i overclock it (i have to run it at slightly higher volt at stock speed).

I dont want to do any major purchases due to the fact ill be building a new system from scratch in 2-3 months.

Im not sure whether to just get an extra stick of 512 ram or get a barton 3200 and overclock that a bit. any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks

 

[josh85x]

I dont really want the hassle of changing too much now such as changing the motherboard. take everything out to put everything back in again with little improvement. i just need a quick 30 second job like stick of extra ram.

Would I notice much of an improvement with an extra 50% ram? I probably will playing oblivion as it generally seems to use all of my memory and a good 500mb of my swap file as well, though its doesnt seem worth it for just one game.