Ram Question...

also, I cant confirm this, but the gains you get from 2 ram sticks instead of 1 big one (the dual channeled part) go away once you add another stick (no longer dual channeled or something)... I read that somewhere, and I've allways stuck to it, unless I really need the extra RAM (i.e. needed for using art proggys or something).

IMO a better upgrade would be an actual video card, that will help improve RAM response, as there wont be constant accessing from the on board card. not to mention, having a video card helps reduce strain from your CPU, giving you more performance in that way also.

you dont need to get anything expensive, post your specs, and what you do with the comp, i can pry find one for a good price, or just suggest a few.

two gfx cards that are faster and are 256 mb is waaaaaaaaaay better than a little slower 512 for obvious reasons. now if you want more ram, just get two faster ones that would equal the same amount of memory if that 3 stick thing is true

Consistency is the main thing. Using a 1024 and a 512 and a 128 will not give you full performance versus a 512, 512, and 512.

Incase you were wondering if you should get two 512s versus a 1gb, get the 1gb, because it allocates more ram without spliting the operation into two seperate cycles and increasing CPU usage unnecessarily.

well still LOW LATENCY IS THE WAY TO GO

Make Sure to use same brand, same capacity.
And dont use different types.
Hope that helps.
btw it would of course speed up your computer. But make sure to defrag atleast once a month...