Upgrade from 2GB DDR2 to 4 or 8 GB DDR2?

what OS are you willing to use?

I have heard from other posters here, and on other forums, they were able to see a diffrence going from 4 gigs to 8 when running a 64 bit system. Since 64 bit has a longer string then 32, people who have upgraded have seen a noticable diffrence. If you plan to upgrade your processor though, id say stick it out, keep in mind going from ddr2 to ddr3 is a diffrent ram slot type, so youll need a new mobo to go along with your new processor if your goin to go that route.

If i were in your shoes, i would go with the 8 gigs and sitback and wait until next year before upgrading again. Your processor while not cutting edge, is still near the top of the pile. I think you would see a better benefit going to 8 gigs. You can always sell your 2 gigs you have now, and get back some of the money your going to invest with the 8. Also you know that there will be a performance diffrence there. Vs waiting for a chip that hasnt been released and then being disappointed that the performance isnt exactly what you were expecting. I had a friend in a similar situation with a amd setup. He had a duel core, and was looking at upgrading it to its max, or getting the quad amd core. He went with the quad, and laments on ventrillo almost daily that his duel core setup served him better, now granted its a crippled processor to start with, but the reasoning is sound. Plus if you have the money to upgrade to 8 gigs, i assume by this time next year you would probably have the money to upgrade your cpu if you choose that route.

That's true. If I do it, I'd probably do it with a set or 2 sets of these. Thoughts?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227267

That's the thing though, EVGA's RAM list kinda sucks. There isn't a whole lot of models on there. My current RAM isn't on there and it works just fine. I understand those are the ones they tested and have officially called stable, but it's not a very complete list at all.
http://www.evga.com/support/mbmem/default.asp#680i

I would say upgrade your ram , your processor and keep your machine for 3-4 years , it will serve you well
Nehalem will come at a price , DDR3 prices will not settle down before one year
It is not necessary to upgrade whenever something new comes out, no problem if you missed the whole generation of ddr3 and jumped from DDR2 to DDR4
When you talk about Nehalem you are talking about new technology, new socket , new memory , new build simply

I am running 8gigs of the 1066mhz version of this ram. I decided to go to 8gigs because it was cheap and I am happy with my processor. I don't think it made a huge difference going from 4 to 8 in my case but it's nice running crysis and seeing you have 60% of your ram still available.

I think what I've decided to do is replace my 2x1GB kit with one of those OCZ Reaper 2x2GB kits, and then if I still need more after that, just get another one at a later date.