more ram vs. fast ram

[Dorkenstein]

I moved to 8gb of DDR2 not long ago and sometimes things feel sluggish in a lean system (software wise). Granted, I did have the defrag-crash issue I posted in computer help, so maybe that messed up something, but I need to find out for sure. My question is, did I make a mistake in buying more (quantity) slower ram instead of getting 4gb of faster ram? Thanks for any advice.

 

[Jest3r]

(Quantity) is usually better then speed, unless its a big jump like from 800 to 2000.

 

[DSF]

It would be helpful to know all your system specs.

Since you had a defragging issue I would consider the hard drive to be a possible culprit as well.