Hi rdunnil,
I was about to tag a message on the other thread asking if you didn't mind if I put your suggestion out for general comment - but I was abruptly interrupted by a domestic demand to go and order pizza. Hope you didn't mind.
Fact is, that even after a clean 'Dell PC restore', the 3100 still has a tendency to hang rather too easily. I've run a diagnostic and Memtest just to see if there are any hardware issues, and everything appears to be OK. So, I think a memory upgrade would go a long way to improving performance, and DR2 800 would seem to be the better match for the CPU FPS. So solid performance along with reliability are really what I'm looking for.....as well as bang for the buck. Neither my wife or I are 'over-clockers' so to speak.
I'd never heard of GSkill before, but if they are a reputed brand it seems like a good choice. Only reason I mentioned Kingston and Corsair, is that they are brands I'm familiar with.
Out of interest, what is an 'SSD for a boot device' ??