Upgrading Memory

[RJack]

Hi all,

I've just ordered a new pc from Mesh but was looking at putting new memory in there as the this only comes with 800mhz.

This is the spec i have orderd

XGS PII 955
System Base Price: £ 868.70
AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Quad Core Processor AM3 (3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit - English
Midi Tower XGS Gaming Chassis - Silver / Black Mesh + 700W PSU [upg £ 25.00]
Performance Pack - OCZ Vendetta Heat pipe quiet cooling, Performance updates, specialist cabling [upg £ 49.00]
ASUS M4A78-E Mainboard - AMD 790GX Hybrid CrossFireX- AM2+ Phenom™ II, DDR2 - ATX [upg £ 30.00]
8GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (4 x 2GB)
1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
1GB ATi HD4890 Graphics accelerator DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2
512MB Onboard ATI Radeon HD 3300 GPU - Hybrid CrossFireX Technology
24" Iiyama Prolite E2407HDS-B1 (1920x1080) Full HD Monitor (HDMI,DVI,VGA,WS,Spkrs-2ms) [upg £ 30.00]
52-in-1 Multi-format Memory Card Reader - (Internal)
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
Free Microsoft® Works® 8.5 + Limited Microsoft Office Trial
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
Battle Forge - EA Games - PC DVD Game - Rating 12+
12 USB 2.0 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel) - ASUS M4A78 Pro
PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 - ASUS M4A78 Pro
1 Year Hardware Warranty - Return to Base Parts and Labour (UK Mainland only)

The question i have is if i was to order 8gb of the below

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel Kit [OCZ2RPR10664GK] from Overclock.co.uk - Overclocking, Performance Computer Hardware, PCs and Laptops

Would this work on the ASUS M4A78-E Mainboard - AMD 790GX Hybrid CrossFireX- AM2+ Phenom™ II, DDR2 - ATX?

Also should i look at uograding the PSU as its only 700w?

Cheers

[DJT298]

IMHO under normal computer use - including gaming - you will find very little difference in performance between the memory currently installed and the one you are considering upgrading to. In most circumstances it is the amount of memory that effects performance more than the speed.

If you are interested in benchmark results then spend more of your hard earned otherwise stick with the original specs.

[RJack]

Cheers for the update.

I'm quite happy with the spec i've ordered and pretty sure it should handle some of the latest games?

I like playing MMO's and was just wondering really if there's anything that i could buy at a later date which would enhance performance tbh?

[shadowmaster]

Originally Posted by RJack

Cheers for the update.

I'm quite happy with the spec i've ordered and pretty sure it should handle some of the latest games?

I like playing MMO's and was just wondering really if there's anything that i could buy at a later date which would enhance performance tbh?

It will easily handle all of the latest games.

IMO dont worry about benchmarks, at the end of the day they really dont meant anything. Its the performance in games that count and I imagine your pc will not have a problem with that. Also its a very high spec pc so I doubt you will need to upgrade it anytime soon.

As soon as you get it, install some games and enjoy it.