Memory Upgrade Help

[Dasda]

I am trying to put together a system to build for myself in the next two weeks. I keep seeing that quality DDR3 6GB kits are very expensive (above $160), so I was thinking of getting a 3 gig kit for now until prices came down.

My question is that if I get a 3 gig kit now on a x58 chipset mobo (x58a-ud3) then can I get a 6GB kit an drop it in there to have a total of 9gigs?

The reason for asking is that I would not want the 3gig now if it has to be tossed out when I want to upgrade the ram.

Another question, does the ram I buy in the future have to be same speed/brand of the ram I purchase now?

I basically want to know if buying a 3 gig ram kit is better right now if I'm tight on budget and then drop a 6 gig kit in there after to get 9gigs?

Thanks in advance

 

[Blain]

My question is that if I get a 3 gig kit now on a x58 chipset mobo (x58a-ud3) then can I get a 6GB kit an drop it in there to have a total of 9gigs?

Does the MB have 6 DIMM slots?
At any rate, a 6GB kit now would be your best option. It's only a couple of bucks. You're more likely to run into compatibility issues later if you go populating all your DIMM slots.
If you don't beleive me, start reading through the "Help me" threads in this forum.

 

[Dasda]

Does the MB have 6 DIMM slots?
At any rate, a 6GB kit now would be your best option. It's only a couple of bucks. You're more likely to run into compatibility issues later if you go populating all your DIMM slots.
If you don't beleive me, start reading through the "Help me" threads in this forum.

Yea, the mobo has 6 dimm slots.

I beleive you but the ram prices are the only turn-off at the moment when it comes to building a pc for me. I can get a 3 gig kit for about $100 but a 6gig is pretty much double that or in the $180 range. I will probably spend the money and get 6 gig for the reasons you said. It would've been nice to go the 9 gig route though since RAM prices are a killer.

I'm in no rush to build other than that 2 of my friends are visiting U.S for reading week and both are going near frys and microcenter so I coulda had the i7-920 for $229 as opposed to $300.

Maybe I'll just wait and grab something in the summer when the hexacores release and push the prices of quads down and hopefully mem prices come down too.

 

[Blain]

I paid $309 shipped for two 128MB DIMMs, so you get no sympathy from me. 😛
Memory is cheap, buy the 6GB kit, collect some aluminum cans to help defray the cost.

 

[Dasda]

I paid $309 shipped for two 128MB DIMMs, so you get no sympathy from me. 😛
Memory is cheap, buy the 6GB kit, collect some aluminum cans to help defray the cost.

Hahah, I did the same back in the day too, I spent around $400 for 256MB of RD ram in my current system. It's 10 years old and now I desperately need a replacement.