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Linux_User
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A friend of mine is piecing together an AMD-based system, and wants to get 8GB RAM for it.
I was going to tell him that there's really no point having more than 4GB, even with media players etc open in the background whilst you play a game.
But I thought I would check first, is there any point in getting 8GB RAM? Would Windows 7 even 'touch the sides'?
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| Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:37 pm |
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hifidelity2
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Location: London
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Really only useful if they are going to do photo / video encoding
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| Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:38 pm |
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mikepgood
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No such thing as too much ram, at least with 64bit. whether it's cost effective is another matter.
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soddit112
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im getting 8gigs for my Sandy Bridge rig, but only for future proofing/just in case. 4gigs is plenty enough though, and probably will be for quite a few years. i have 4gigs in my Core2Duo rig, and it barely ever goes above 2.5gigs, even in games.
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| Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:54 pm |
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ProfessorF
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If it's 64 bit, then I'd say yes go for 8GB.
Think of it as 4GB on a 32 bit system.
Much more comfortable.
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| Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:01 pm |
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l3v1ck
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What's the price difference?
£30? Go for it.
£70? No way.
(I can't be arsed to look up the actual prices)
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| Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:46 am |
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big_D
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Programming, web testing with multiple virtual machines... There are a lot of applications which can make use of extra memory, but you generally need the processing power and a fast disk system to go with it. My last laptop came with 8GB and it works very nicely, it certainly feels faster than my Core i5 desktop with 4GB, but I tend to do a lot of virtualising.
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| Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:16 am |
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soddit112
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if its DDR3 hes looking at, the price difference should be about 40 quid. thats how it is for Corsair Vengeance sticks from Scan, anyway 4 gig kit (£44)8 gig kit (£87)
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| Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:44 am |
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okenobi
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Prices are so rock bottom atm, that I would do it irrespective of need. They will be going up soon.
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