IS upgrading to ddr3 woth it? Or should i stick with my $35 corsair ddr2 800's?

UPSIDES?

DOWNSIDES?

What do you think?

Downside of DDR3 is it's expensive. The price of 2GB of DDR3 is the same price of 8GB of DDR2 and it doesn't offer that much of a performance boost at the moment.

Usually tighter timings on lower MHz memory, which is nice for performance.

DDR3 is still very expensive.

At the moment, DDR3 offers little performance benefit in exchange for a LOT more money. And even then, only at the highest clock speeds. So for building a system *today*, there is little to be gained in the exchange except for bragging rights. About teh most you can say for sure is the Cost~Is~No~Object Benchmarking crowd will find worth in obtaining the last few bunghole-points on a graph. So if your ePeen responds enough that paying 3x the money for RAM that doesn't perform much better than what you have now makes it worthwhile...

Given the pace of development, a year from now the story will likely be different. I'd presume that Nehalem should make good use of the stuff once Intel is done cooking it. But for building a system today, the answer is "No, don't buy DDR3". The money can be much better spent elsewhere.

ok i just wanted to future proof my pc so i wouldnt have to upgrade 6 months after i bought it to play the current games =[ it wasnt fun... they took everything in my wallet, and then took the wallet!