4 or 8gb

bobuk · 22 Apr 2010 at 09:07

Hi, with memory prices going up now, would it be better to upgrade from 4 to 8 gig? running DDR2 pc8500+, Q6600 , would there be any benefits at all ?

Stonedofmoo · 22 Apr 2010 at 09:12

There is a small benefit, but with the current pricing it's not worth it. When I got 8Gb it was a no brainer, 4Gb cost £30 odd then. At todays pricing I wouldn't have bothered.

Amakuma · 22 Apr 2010 at 09:34

the cost benefit ratio is down in doldrums, what are planning to do with it?

bobuk · 22 Apr 2010 at 11:01

Only gaming and just general use, only realy thinking about future proofing, don't want the expense of upgrading in a year or so.

Admiral Huddy · 22 Apr 2010 at 11:09

The only way you can determine if you need more capacity is by monitoring the page file activity. If this is used more significantly even under light load then it may be worth while looking at upgrading to more RAM but i doubt this will make much difference for the type of usage and system you have..

mrfun1981 · 22 Apr 2010 at 11:09

IMO you will be fine with 4GB for a at least the next few years i cant ever see a need for 8GB in gaming.

Plus with lots of things the price of memory has gone up loads but there will prob (keeping fingers crossed) the time when the price comes down as well

Amakuma · 22 Apr 2010 at 11:59

mrfun1981 said:
IMO you will be fine with 4GB for a at least the next few years i cant ever see a need for 8GB in gaming.

Plus with lots of things the price of memory has gone up loads but there will prob (keeping fingers crossed) the time when the price comes down as well

I remember people saying that in relation to 2GB to 4GB