Wow... RAM price just keeps dropping and dropping. Maybe it's about time I upgrade from my 4x2gb setup.
thetopgun
Member
posted: Aug. 7, 2012 @ 6:31p
So what to do 16gb at 10666 speed ram or 2 x 4gb for only 8gb at 16000 speed on new Ivy bridge build
nneelix
Loyal Member
posted: Aug. 7, 2012 @ 7:28p
thetopgun said: So what to do 16gb at 10666 speed ram or 2 x 4gb for only 8gb at 16000 speed on new Ivy bridge build
Depends on what you are going to be doing with the new rig.
Windows by itself will have a hard time utilizing all that RAM. I have 16GB and rarely use above 6GB, the rest is used for Cached memory.
Where my 16 comes in handy is when I use virtualization, as I can have multiple VM's running at the same time. Also helps a bit while doing video and photo editing.
If you are a gamer, I would recommend you stick with speed over size.
lordoffire
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Aug. 7, 2012 @ 7:59p
Yuyak said: Wow... RAM price just keeps dropping and dropping. Maybe it's about time I upgrade from my 4x2gb setup.
maybe to 2x4GB but otherwise, you shouldn't need more than 8....any higher and it's just unnecessary
put the cash toward a graphics card
3v1l
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 7, 2012 @ 9:48p
lordoffire said: Yuyak said: Wow... RAM price just keeps dropping and dropping. Maybe it's about time I upgrade from my 4x2gb setup.
maybe to 2x4GB but otherwise, you shouldn't need more than 8....any higher and it's just unnecessary
put the cash toward a graphics card
I beg to differ if there is any video/photo editing going on. If I have LR and PS going at the same time with RAW files involved I can easily push 100% usage of available RAM.
lordoffire said: Yuyak said: Wow... RAM price just keeps dropping and dropping. Maybe it's about time I upgrade from my 4x2gb setup.
maybe to 2x4GB but otherwise, you shouldn't need more than 8....any higher and it's just unnecessary
put the cash toward a graphics card
3v1l said: lordoffire said: Yuyak said: Wow... RAM price just keeps dropping and dropping. Maybe it's about time I upgrade from my 4x2gb setup.
maybe to 2x4GB but otherwise, you shouldn't need more than 8....any higher and it's just unnecessary
put the cash toward a graphics card
I beg to differ if there is any video/photo editing going on. If I have LR and PS going at the same time with RAW files involved I can easily push 100% usage of available RAM. Thanks, but not a whole lot of photo/video editing for me. My current RAM is faster (DDR3 1600) so I'll probably stick with that for now, but I'm still amazed how cheap it's gotten.
lordoffire
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Aug. 8, 2012 @ 12:30a
3v1l said: lordoffire said: Yuyak said: Wow... RAM price just keeps dropping and dropping. Maybe it's about time I upgrade from my 4x2gb setup.
maybe to 2x4GB but otherwise, you shouldn't need more than 8....any higher and it's just unnecessary
put the cash toward a graphics card
I beg to differ if there is any video/photo editing going on. If I have LR and PS going at the same time with RAW files involved I can easily push 100% usage of available RAM. if you're going full on, sure, get some more RAM....but again, a better graphics card would help
for most people, 8GB is plenty
larrymoencurly
Why I oughta...
posted: Aug. 8, 2012 @ 2:14p
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