Advice on new HDD and RAM for 2008 iMac

Question

I am looking to play some games on my iMac using VMware or BootCamp and some native games like Call of Duty; that part of it isn't really a matter, what I need some help on follows.

I am looking at buying this HDD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 and adding 4GB or 6GB of RAM (not 100% certain which yet, probably 4GB).

Will adding this to my iMac which currently has the stock 320GB HDD and 2GB RAM increase my performance and future gameplaying or should I think about upgrading the whole machine?

Answer 1

I would definitely go for as much memory as possible, especially if you are planning on using virtual machines.

For games, the performance of the hard drive probably only affects loading times. As for the Samsung hard drive, I have that particular drive for media storage, but I install my games on an earlier Samsung (320GB) model - so I can't really comment on the performance. Another option is whether an SSD is suitable, but note that your iMac's graphics capabilities and CPU will be the most important factors for gaming performance.