That's solid advice if you're aiming for performance. If you're aiming for performance per buck at the expense of today's performance then it's far better to sp

That's solid advice if you're aiming for performance. If you're aiming for performance per buck at the expense of today's performance then it's far better to spend the bare minimum on a fewer but large-ish DIMMs and max out on RAM when your wallet recovers from the initial hit. Sometimes you don't notice the impact on performance, but you do notice doubling or quadrupling your RAM with a fraction of your initial budget.