Should I upgrade the memory for a new CPU?

[Gressor]

Hey there!

I'm running a system that's on 24/7 used for BOINC and Folding@Home. The specifications are as follows:

MSI K9A2 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 6000+ Dual Core
2GB 667MHz memory

Now, I will upgrade this CPU to an AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition CPU at 2,5GHz.

My question, do I need to upgrade the RAM as well? Wil it slow the CPU performance potential much?

 

[jaquith]

Welcome to Tom's Forum!

No, you're wasting money; specs DDR2 533/667/800/1066 the differences between 667 and 1066 MHz 1~2%. The only thing that makes sense is more RAM. Keep in mind if you're running a 32-bit OS the net gain for 4GB 667 DDR2 might be 1.0GB~1.5GB out of 2GB added.

Specs - http://us.msi.com/product/mb/K9A2-Platinum.html#?div=Detail

Supported CPU & BIOS - http://us.msi.com/product/mb/K9A2-Platinum.html#?div=CPUSupport
Phenom X4 Agena HD9850WCJ4BGH 9850 200 2.50 2M 2M B3 95 7376v15.zip
Phenom X4 Agena HD9850XAJ4BGH 9850 200 2.50 2M 2M B3 125 7376v14.zip
Phenom X4 Agena HD985ZXAJ4BGH 9850 200 2.50 2M 2M B3 125 7376v14.zip

 

[Gressor]

Ah, thats awesome man. Saved me another euro.

I got the Phenom for free because it'll be used for charity. When I look in the task manager I don't really need more ram, I'm not using much more than I need. Maybe 50-60%. No problem.

Thanks for your help!