So down to business, currently running an MSI P35 Neo Combo which supports DDR2 and DDR3, currently have Kingston 1x 2GB DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) and a Kingston 1 x 1GB DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) RAM modules installed and I'm thinking of going to DDR3. Now the motherboard itself only supports up to DDR3-1066 (PC3-8500) and DDR2-1066 (PC2-8500). So the question is, is it worth going to DDR3 now, or should I stick to DDR2, and would I notice a difference between the 2?

I have plans on building a new rig once Windows 7 comes out and going all out from there but I would say that the DDR3 I plan on purchasing would be outdated by then as well. I'm also under the impression that DDR2-1066 will be a little more difficult to come across now compared to DDR3.

Short answer is no.

The FSB speeds of existing gear is too slow to take full advantage of it.

Stick with DDR2, and go for dickloads of DDR3 when the prices come down, the motherboards start taking advantage of it and stop being a bottleneck and when games NEED that sort of memory speed.

I agree with krawler

\unless your CPU FSB is running at 1333Mhz, you wont notice much difference, even with your CPU running at 1333Mhz FSB there wont be much difference..

Either wait abit till prices come down (they are fairly reasonable at the moment) and THEN buy shit loads of it, or buy another 4gb of DDR2 ram to carry you for abit.

remember you need a 64bit OS if your going for more than 3gb RAM

Thanks for your assistance chaps. Will wait till Windows 7 comes out and build up from there.

Here you go Mr.B, the proof is in the pudding! ... Where this link is the pudding.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/...test?page=0%2C0

windows 7 is pretty messy right now, wait for SP1 to come out(if they develope one)