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| Author: | Linux_User [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
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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| Author: | hifidelity2 [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
Really only useful if they are going to do photo / video encoding |
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| Author: | mikepgood [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
No such thing as too much ram, at least with 64bit. whether it's cost effective is another matter. |
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| Author: | soddit112 [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
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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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
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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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
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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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:16 am ] | |||||||||
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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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| Author: | soddit112 [ Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:44 am ] | |||||||||
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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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| Author: | okenobi [ Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4GB vs 8GB RAM? |
Prices are so rock bottom atm, that I would do it irrespective of need. They will be going up soon. |
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