I Need Advice

[FueledCornflake]

Alright so a have a pretty old pc and i'm not quite sure what to do. I'm currently running 8gb ram (2x4gb), but I want to increase it. The only problem is i'm using a board with ddr3 ram and I don't know if its better to buy the more ram for this right now or save and get a new board and ram, I just don't know if its worth getting a whole new board just to get ddr4 when I can spend that money on more ddr3 ram. Any advice?

 

[Jurrunio]

Unless you're on socket LGA1151, changing the motherboard for different RAM type always means changing the CPU which is much more expensive. Or in other words, you only change the motherboard and RAM type because you want a new CPU, not the other way round.

 

So, just get more DDR3.

[Entropy.]

5 minutes ago, FueledCornflake said:

Alright so a have a pretty old pc and i'm not quite sure what to do. I'm currently running 8gb ram (2x4gb), but I want to increase it. The only problem is i'm using a board with ddr3 ram and I don't know if its better to buy the more ram for this right now or save and get a new board and ram, I just don't know if its worth getting a whole new board just to get ddr4 when I can spend that money on more ddr3 ram. Any advice?

 

DDR3 tends to be lower-capacity, more expensive, and slower. I would say if you can bear 8gb and you have plans to upgrade, hold out on purchasing more ddr3. If you really want/need ddr3, or you don't have plans to upgrade in the foreseeable future, then go ahead. 

[Surestgarlic2]

I would stick with ddr3 I was on ddr2 and ddr last year so if it performs decent then keep it

[Skicardo YT]

Here is a good Motherboard: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2k3H99/asus-prime-z390-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z390-a

And Some good DDR4 RAM: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NyTPxr/corsair-vengeance-rgb-pro-32gb-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-memory-cmw32gx4m2c3200c16