Should i really get 16GB? Or get 8GB

[SeanBond]

I am getting a 2500k in a bit and also am upgrading from my 4GB of 1600MHz Dominator. Should i go with 8GB or just go for the full 16GB?

 

[Aurus_OC]

I am getting a 2500k in a bit and also am upgrading from my 4GB of 1600MHz Dominator. Should i go with 8GB or just go for the full 16GB?

For normal home use 4GB is all you need. I wouldn't recommend getting anymore than 8GB of memory and I would only suggest 8 if you are doing some serious photo and video editing or the like. For gaming even 4GB is overkill in most cases.

 

[Grizzly]

8GB is nearly always enough unless you do tasks that involve heavy usage of I believe photoshop or rendering videos require lots of RAM for bigger projects.

 

[SeanBond]

4GB is getting a bit low sometimes, so deffo a min of 8GB, i was thinking of getting the full 16GB so i have a matching set incase i upgrade again

 

[Tortuga]

For normal home use 4GB is all you need. I wouldn't recommend getting anymore than 8GB of memory and I would only suggest 8 if you are doing some serious photo and video editing or the like. For gaming even 4GB is overkill in most cases.

+1

Like he said if you're doing some serious video editing, go for it. If not its pretty much a waste. Most gamers have 4-8gb. Anything over 4 is just to feel good. But then again if you were doing some serious editing, you probably would have gone for the 2600k.

 

[Qubo420]

I would go with 6GB, not too much, not too little.

 

[SeanBond]

I would go with 6GB, not too much, not too little.

lol how on earth would i do that?

 

[Tortuga]

lol how on earth would i do that?

You wouldn't, 4 or 8gb are your options

 

[SeanBond]

Dont forget 16

 

[Tortuga]

Dont forget 16

Of course, I just meant your lowest combos. 2, 4, 8, 16

 

[dugdiamond]

4GB is getting a bit low sometimes, so deffo a min of 8GB, i was thinking of getting the full 16GB so i have a matching set incase i upgrade again

but... by the time you upgrade, DDR4 may be out - lol

16gig is plenty

 

[Mumbles37]

If you're playing games, what tends to be glossed over is that your video card wants to use your system RAM as well since what is built into the card is not often adequate enough. That's RAM that's allocated without your knowledge, and not listed in the task manager or whatever. If you've ever seen a scene in a game with some temporary missing textures or slow-loading ones or blurry ones, that's probably your video card running out of system RAM (and using the hard disk--hence the glitches until it catches up).

Used to happen to me all the time in WoW until I got more RAM--now no more graphical glitches!

Basically, here's your answer:

In a 64-bit system with a powerful graphics card, 8 GB of RAM really is a must if you're going to play demanding games. This is the case regardless of whether you're using 32-bit or 64-bit applications. However, even more than 8 GB of RAM can be subjectively noticed while playing. There is no real need for 16 GB of RAM, though. Going with 8 GB is quite enough unless you're running some taxing application in the background.

This was taken from a pretty informative article found here.

 

[SeanBond]

Will have two 1gb cards so it should be fine, I think I'll buy 8gb really, as you said. The ram might be old by the time I want 16

 

[AshleyColes]

Will have two 1gb cards so it should be fine, I think I'll buy 8gb really, as you said. The ram might be old by the time I want 16

You do know that in sli if you have two 1gb cards, that's still only 1gb of memory, not 2gb. Same with crossfire i believe. In other words they don't add.

 

[jack-uk]

8gb is more than adequate, save the money buddy.

 

[wotevajjjj]

go for 8gb, it'll be way faster, even 8 is to much for most but 16 is just a complete waste of money