More cores or more RAM?

[Vesku]

Would you rather go from 2 to 4 cores or from 2GB to 6GB of RAM? I have to choose one and either one will speed things up for me.

 

[Chapbass]

what do you do in an average day?

playing wow? more ram. video encoding? more cores.

Gonna need more specifics than that.

 

[Vesku]

what do you do in an average day?

playing wow? more ram. video encoding? more cores.

Gonna need more specifics than that.

Game (BFBC2, Oblivion, less and less WoW), Program/Compile, use Linux in VM, and have a lot of various programs open at once. I think either will be a nice boost.

 

[mmntech]

Game (BFBC2, Oblivion, less and less WoW), Program/Compile, use Linux in VM, and have a lot of various programs open at once. I think either will be a nice boost.

In that case, RAM. I'd go with at minimum 4gb these days for gaming, serious multitasking, or any CPU intensive work.

What CPU are you using right now?

 

[Vesku]

Phenom X2 550, but Asus was lame and didn't enable ACC on my SB710 motherboard. So would need a new motherboard just to check if it unlocks.

 

[soccerballtux]

I'd go for more cores. 2GB is still a lot IMO. Nothing wrong with that.
See if you can't get a Biostar mobo in the FS/FT for cheap that would let you test unlocking. If so then win.

 

[0roo0roo]

both suck
you need 4gb for good multitask gaming/encoding. and 4 cores for good multitask/gaming/encoding.

 

[fffblackmage]

4GB ram is probably more useful for gaming than 4 cores. A kick ass rig won't do much good if it runs out of free memory...

 

[Brian Stirling]

Close call but I'd go with more RAM.


Brian