8gb or 16gb of ram for new gaming pc?

[DeltrusDisc]

12gb and go triple channel.

Sorry buddy but Tri Channel was really only used on the X58 i7-8/9xx series platform, LGA 1366.

LGA 1155 (H61, H67, P67, Z68, H75, Z77) uses Dual Channel.

LGA 2011 (X79) - the successor to X58 - uses Quad Channel.

[Tanthalus]

please remember that anything ABOVE 16GB ram you will need to use windows 7 PRO - as the ram limit for windows 7 HOME is 16GB

[Berserker Cronus]

By the time you need 16GB for gaming DDR4 will be the standard, so go with 8GB. Why would you waste money on something you'll never use when it could be better spent on something you can?

[Phuongvi]

Personnaly I would pick 2 x 8 gigs

I don't know when Actieve X or Adobe ( for exemple) will make a new plug in that will require 10 gigs of ram in 2 or 3 years or a new O/S that will require more ram
Then I will buy buy another 2 x 8 gigs and max out my mother board

Just make sure you know how much ram your motherboard and your O/S can support

Since I don't change my computer or computer part ( exeption for video cards) every 3 or 4 years and I'm trying to get the max out of it

[Jtbrig7390]

i've heard 8gb of ram is more than enough for gaming, but at the same time, ram is so cheap right now, one asks the question, why not just max it out?

i'm getting the corsair vengeance ddr3 1600mhz ram, 8gb would be 50 bucks, 16gb would be 100 bucks.

would you guys opt for the 16gb or stick with 8?

Lets say your computer has 4 slots for ram*mine dose* get 4x4gig sticks if it only has 2 slots for ram get 2x8gig sticks. never run just 1 stick. so if you want the 16gig's i say get 2 8gigs' it is less stress using 1 stick and all around better.

im gaming right now with 6gigs i do plan to max mine out slowy over time. but yes 8gigs is more then enough for gaming.
one other thing u can do is get 2x4gig sticks and spend the extra money on other items/games.

Edit: also to add you must be running a 64bit windows to have more then 4gigs *this is fact if you look it up* i had the problem when i wanted to run Win7 ultimate 32bit. learned why i only had 4 out of my 6gigs going went to 64bit and the problem was fixed. for windows anyway don't know about linux.

[HockeyPulver]

The thing is, you don't need more than 8gb. Invest it in something else. In any case RAM price is not going anywhere but down and I assume you have 4 memory slots in your mobo so you are better of buying 8 gigs now and more later if you think you need it. That's how I did it a while back between 4 and 8gb and in my opinion it's the only logical solution in a situation like yours.

Also, if you aren't going to go crazy with overclocking then 1333MHz or 1600MHz is enough. The difference between memory speeds are so minimal that for 99% of people it doesn't matter which speed you take. I'd recommend to just take the cheapest 1333 available and if there is something like 2$ difference between 1333 and 1600 then take the faster one. It really doesn't make that much of a difference.

[Tanthalus]

check how much ram you are actually using - after 4 hours of D3 i still have 200mb of FREE ram , thats ram not cached or available - thats ram doing totally nothing.

and thats with 8gb not 16!

[pansertjald]

um... I dont play wow... sure you can have 10 wows open at once on 8gb LOL

im talking games that use around 4gb EACH Tera and SWTOR / GW2

SWTOR and Tera doesn`t use around 4GB each.......... i just tested both SWTOR and TERA.

SWTOR around 1,5GB and Tera around 2GB. so there must be something wrong with your system or you are doing something wrong

[WarJames]

SWTOR and Tera doesn`t use around 4GB each.......... i just tested both SWTOR and TERA.

SWTOR around 1,5GB and Tera around 2GB. so there must be something wrong with your system or you are doing something wrong

ummm NO

I use up all my ram taking these games up

I am a system administrator and have been optimising windows for 20 years

so dont tell me that ... mate

16gb or go home

[davispunx]

ummm NO

I use up all my ram taking these games up

I am a system administrator and have been optimising windows for 20 years

so dont tell me that ... mate

16gb or go home

Windows 3.0 was hard to optimize

[Klausk]

A friend of mine was going to buy 8gb ram but ended up with 16gb instead simply because it was cheaper. Same with my brother who wanted 16gb but bought 24gb because it also was cheaper (why on earth he would need that much I don't know). They are put together in different sets which makes it more profitable to buy more ram, at least where I buy stuff (komplett.no, norwegian site).

[WarJames]

Windows 3.0 was hard to optimize

and you decided to gift us with your presence because?

because windows 3.1 has bugger all to do with 16gb of ram that is needed rather than 8gb if you want to load more than 2 games at once, without paging this mem off to your SSD

to prove it here is a crash: on 8gb

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Doesn't that image show SW TOR, WoW and TERA using a total of about 3.5GB RAM together? Where is the other 4.5GB being used?

[WarJames]

Doesn't that image show SW TOR, WoW and TERA using a total of about 3.5GB RAM together? Where is the other 4.5GB being used?

yes, there is a decrepancy with viewing it and i can see why were having this argument

there is nothing running at all other than tera wow and SWTOR as you can see as i sorted the list by descending memory (you can see the arrow down)

It doesn't add up but the total memory allocation is plainly seen, and thats the error message from tera about running out of memory (it crashes first)

there is only megabytes worth of programs other than these games using GB

plus this is the characters idling in a zone... If you were to move about the zones your memory will grow much larger, as the game slowly climbs in usage the more you play

[ClearlyConfused]

Shit, it better when its bigger! If your rig can handle 16gb of ram I say go for it. Always want that porn looking top-notch!

[Kegler]

For just gaming, 8GB. I just built a new computer from scratch and went with 8GB and i've never seen it hit more than 30% usage.

i7 3770K
GTX 670 OC
ASRock z77 Extreme4
Corsair AX850
Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 1600 4GBx2
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
Maxtor 500GB HDD
Asus 24x DVDRW
NZXT Switch 810

Getting up to 230 FPS in WoW, solid 60 non-stop with Vertical Sync on.

[Dreyen]

I currently have 4G of ram.. is it a noticable increase in performance if i jump to 8gig?

[greenn]

Sorry buddy but Tri Channel was really only used on the X58 i7-8/9xx series platform, LGA 1366.

LGA 1155 (H61, H67, P67, Z68, H75, Z77) uses Dual Channel.

LGA 2011 (X79) - the successor to X58 - uses Quad Channel.

is quad channel ram even an upgrade over dual channel? because tri channel sure as fuck wasnt.


edit; after googling, its just like tri channel ram, a waste of $$

[Hypro]

8GB is fine but 16GB and ur compensating for something...

[Deleted]

What are you people smoking? xD Seriously.. lol.

Look, there are my specs:

System Information
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Time of this report: 23/06/2012, 03:47:21
Machine name: RAFAELA-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120330-1504)
Language: Portuguese (Regional Setting: Portuguese)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: Rampage IV Extreme
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/30/11 15:13:23 Ver: ACPI2.0a Multi-Language
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 3960 @ 3.90GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6068MB RAM
Page File: 2748MB used, 9386MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

My ramms are the cheapest part, got some triple twin corsair dominator @ 1800mhz. I didn't pay more than 40 bucks for the kit. They got my attention for their lower latencies and their incredible cooling system. Ramms are not only about the highest possible "gigs", the channeling, the latencies, the mhz, the cooling, it all matters. No game will make full usage of my 6GB, so I rather use those 6GB at full capacity. You have to have in account that 64 bits platforms read larger memory blocks than 32 bits, so it important to have low latency, you can see by the CL 4, CL5, CL6, etc, the higher memory blocks you get the lower performance you will experience. It is better to make use of smaller pairs, for example if you are after 8 (2x2x2x2) than (2x4) and so on. A lot of people say got 16GB for the heck of it, but unless you are running games, reason, and shity premier at same time you will never benefit of it. It is like bringing your mom's SUV for a drag race, too interior space, no acceleration.