Hello Everyone,

 

As I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to the technical aspects of computer hardware, I would like to pose this question to those of you who are. I have been noticing that the newer computer systems that are becoming available on the market are now using the DDR3 type of RAM, and some are using DDR3 Tri-channel RAM. It also seems that these systems are also limited to a maximum of 6GB of RAM. Now I understand that when it comes to VUE that the more RAM the better, with many people going for 8 GB in their newer systems. My question is, why are these new systems limiting the maximum RAM at 6 GB? Is the new DDR3 and the DDR3 Tri-channel RAM so much better/faster/efficient that 6 GB are equal to or better than 8 GB of the older DDR2 RAM? As I will be looking at upgrading my computer system in the next few months I would like to know what people think about the DDR3/DDR3 Tri-channel  RAM, is it a significant improvement? Ignoring the differences in cost, is it better to think about getting DDR3/DDR3 Tri-channel RAM versus the older DDR2 RAM because of performance improvements?

 

Thank you for any replies.

 

nabob21