Asus P5KC mobo - what RAM?

Gromm · 24 Nov 2009 at 13:26

Guys, I'm upgrading small bits of my pc and want to go from 2gb of Geil ULL DDR2 RAM to 4gb of RAM. The P5KC can use DDR3 RAM (as far as I know), and wanted your opinions on the best cost-effective solution. I don't really game, I just use Photoshop a lot.

Also, stupid and unrelated question: I want to go to Windows 7 64bit, and I have an Intel Core2Duo E6750 2.66ghz processor. Is this able to run 64bit, or do I need to upgrade that as well?

Cheers guys

Yellowbeard · 24 Nov 2009 at 14:43

If cost is a factor, go with what is cheaper, DDR2 vs DDR3. You'll not see any meaningful performance difference between the 2 on this board.

If you want to "future proof" a bit, you could get a DDR3 kit that it made for the new Lynnfield platforms and use it. Then, you'd have a good kit already if you upgrade the MOBO/CPU later.

Gromm · 24 Nov 2009 at 16:04

I'll probably go ddr2 then. I can't buy another 2gb of my RAM anymore, I suppose I'll have to upgrade the whole lot to get to 4gb, rather than put a stick of different RAM in there as well as my old stuff, if you get what I mean

Gromm · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:44

To be fair, the price of DDR2 and DDR3 seem pretty similar to me. It's confusing, what's the difference between these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-174-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-183-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

They're all DDR3 and all similar prices, but in different sections. Alternatively I could get DDR2, but for the same price, for example:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-192-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

I'm pretty confused as to what I should be looking at.