8gb Or 16gb Of RAM?

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Hi, I've recently read and article on Tech Radar that says 8gb of RAM is all you need, I'm currently in the process of selecting componets for a new PC and I'm not sure weather to get 8 or 16gb. Any suggestions?
 
depending what you use your computer for

8gb is enough for gaming and surfing interweb
however if you use CAD or any other professional programs then it may not be enough

and ram is that cheap anyway why not just get 16gb
 
Yer 8gb is all you need for general usage etc...However, what i think he meant was that the price of ram is so cheap, that it may be worth just maxing out and getting 16gb. Thats what i did for the system that I've just recently purchased. :D

Hope that helped...
 
make sure u have windows prof. as home can only take 16gb so if u have a graphics card say a 2gb one, thats 18gb total and only 16 will be usable with home
 
Stinger53, you're incorrect, GDDR on your video card has no bearing on the physical ram limits of the OS
 
I went for 16 because it's silly cheap at the moment. Makes my virtual machines run a lot better with 2gb each!
 
Stinger53, you're incorrect, GDDR on your video card has no bearing on the physical ram limits of the OS

i was to understand from beejacobs

i'll happily be corrected. as it means i can upgrade to 16gb from 8 with out havin to upgraded to professional. i just understood that if u had 16gb and 2gb gpu it means 18gb total memory so prof was needed
 
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Windows 7 Ultimate 192 GB

Windows 7 Professional 192 GB

Windows 7 Home Premium 16 GB

Memory limits for W7 64 bit, if using W7 32 bit it's 4gb for all flavours.

Definitely go for 16gb, I wouldn't consider anything less on the pc's I have.
 
Yes 8GB is enough -- I used 8GB (2x4GB DDR3-1866mhz in my CFV) that run nicely and higher wei score which is 7.8 as I already used 12GB DDR3 1600 that run at 7.4 (already sold and got good profit) so 8GB is much enough and save money for next CPU or graphic card, dont waste money for extra RAM that dont make any difference
 
i was to understand from beejacobs

i'll happily be corrected. as it means i can upgrade to 16gb from 8 with out havin to upgraded to professional. i just understood that if u had 16gb and 2gb gpu it means 18gb total memory so prof was needed

From what I've heard Vram no longer adds towards physical RAM on you're OS' RAM limits.
 
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