Strategy on upgrade for the next 2 years or so...
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Hi,
Im not going to ask "is this a good setup?' but what I am trying to figure out is a general direction that best suites me.
I'm going to upgrade my mobo over the summer, so I was thinking about getting one with DDR2 slots and AM3 (plus SLI), that way, I can reuse my current 2gigs of DDR2 and the AM2+/AM3 heatsink. Then I can always add more ram or another vid card later one while still keeping the mobo and cpu.
Whats worrying me is that DDR2 will not be sufficient enough for the next 2 years. Will this be true, or am I worrying over nothing?
My setup will be used for moderate to intense graphics/gaming on a 19" 16:10 screen.
Thanks for any help!![:)]( ":)")
Detailed Setup
Im not going to ask "is this a good setup?' but what I am trying to figure out is a general direction that best suites me.
I'm going to upgrade my mobo over the summer, so I was thinking about getting one with DDR2 slots and AM3 (plus SLI), that way, I can reuse my current 2gigs of DDR2 and the AM2+/AM3 heatsink. Then I can always add more ram or another vid card later one while still keeping the mobo and cpu.
Whats worrying me is that DDR2 will not be sufficient enough for the next 2 years. Will this be true, or am I worrying over nothing?
My setup will be used for moderate to intense graphics/gaming on a 19" 16:10 screen.
Thanks for any help!
Detailed Setup
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