4GB OR 8GB

Ch3m1c4L · 22 Dec 2010 at 16:04

i notice a minute difference in performance between 4 and 8gb of ram, but then at 4gb i can oc higher, so I tend to vary depending on my mood, and whether im planning on gaming or AutoCAD work.

It deffo helps with alt tabbing out of games etc, but if you dont do that its not important.

Carl_Bennetts · 22 Dec 2010 at 16:51

4gb will be plenty but this has been mentioned many times on here

3vil Tom · 23 Dec 2010 at 06:47

I am running 4 and not having issues however there is an interesting article over on TomsHardware about this at the moment that suggests 8gb is the sweet spot at the moment.

Link Here

dww · 23 Dec 2010 at 09:34

Having 8 GB instead of 4 makes a big difference for me - I'm even thinking about getting more. But then, I do spend a lot of time loading GBytes of data into large databases.

For normal use, the extra may even slow you down, as it may be harder to overclock to the same level.

MikeHunt79 · 23 Dec 2010 at 09:38

4gb is fine, unless you have 100+ tabs open in IE...

zangetsu19 · 23 Dec 2010 at 10:36

MikeHunt79 said:
4gb is fine, unless you have 100+ tabs open in IE...

true
unless you are a person who wants to run half a dozen demanding apps at once 4gb is enough, if you have money to burn, get another graphics card for sli or new 3d monitor

psychas · 23 Dec 2010 at 11:11

4 gig is plenty enough i had 8 gig no difference what so ever just harder to overclock the cpu. so instead any benefits you get drawbacks

Danny862 · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:21

With a i7 wouldnt triple channel be the only viable upgrade of ram

Deluxe1 · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:36

The i7 860 is dual channel.

Scon · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:36

Danny862 said:
With a i7 wouldnt triple channel be the only viable upgrade of ram

Deluxe1 said:
The i7 860 is dual channel.

+1

Elma · 26 Dec 2010 at 22:36

Thanks for the comments perhaps i am just being greedy