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16 GB RAM?

16 GB RAM?
« on: May 10, 2011, 08:57:05 pm »
Is it worth the extcra cost to go from what I have (see sig) or not? I was looking at these. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145312
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Re: 16 GB RAM?
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2011, 09:06:06 pm »
Hi there,

I guess it really depends on what you want to do with your PC. If you are into to heavy recoding of audio, transcoding video or something like that I would say that the more RAM the better.

If you're not doing any of these things on a daily basis then I would say it is probably better to save your money.
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Re: 16 GB RAM?
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2011, 09:41:17 pm »
Not only that but you woulkd have to ditch your current memory to install any new sticks so as absic said unless you really need it stick with what you've got. 8Gb is plenty for normal use and playing games etc.
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Re: 16 GB RAM?
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2011, 10:06:23 pm »
Thanks guys, I really just use that rig for gaming, so I guess i'll stick with what I have.
CM HAF 922, GIGABYTE 890GPA-UD3H Rev 2.0 bios rev FF, PHENOM 2 X6 1090t BE oc3.6,ANTEC TPQ-850W, CORSAIR H70, 60 gb CORSAIR GT ssd,4-320 gb SAMSUNG F4 raid0, 2- GIGABYTE HD6850 crossfire, 4-VENGENCE 9cas 4 gb strips 1600/1.65v running @1333/1.5v 7-7-7-21,Win7 ultimate 64 bit

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Re: 16 GB RAM?
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 09:23:13 am »
For gaming that 8GB is plenty and you wouldn't see any performance increase in increasing it. Spend your money on a SSD or something. ;)
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy