Pricing up a RAM upgrade.

Emjay86

Emjay86

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Hey guys,

Im looking for some advice regarding upgrading my RAM. I want something that will futureproof my PC without me needing to buy anything in addition to the actual RAM (its unlikely ill have a lot of cash).

So what im looking for I guess is RAM that is compatable with my current gear that wont require me to upgrade at the same time. As im futureproofing im not entirely sure how much ill need either. Im hoping to get a minimum of 3 years out of it without needing another upgrade. Im guessing by that I will likely be looking at 16GB? But again im not sure.

So my specs are:

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

CPU

Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

RAM

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

Motherboard

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68X-UD7-B3 (Socket 1155)

Graphics

BenQ XL2410T (1920x1080@120Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (NVIDIA)

Storage

119GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device (SSD)
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AZRX-00A8LB0 ATA Device (SATA)
931GB Seagate ST310005 24AS SCSI Disk Device (SATA)

Optical Drives

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS70 ATA Device

Audio

ASUS Xonar D2X Audio Device

Thanks in advance.
 
Emjay86 said:
Hey guys,

Im looking for some advice regarding upgrading my RAM. I want something that will futureproof my PC without me needing to buy anything in addition to the actual RAM (its unlikely ill have a lot of cash).

So what im looking for I guess is RAM that is compatable with my current gear that wont require me to upgrade at the same time. As im futureproofing im not entirely sure how much ill need either. Im hoping to get a minimum of 3 years out of it without needing another upgrade. Im guessing by that I will likely be looking at 16GB? But again im not sure.

So my specs are:

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

CPU

Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

RAM

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
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You need to monitor the amount of RAM you use over a period of time.
If you don't get anywhere near to using 8GB then don't have more than that. If you are getting close to using 8GB and are paging all the time when gaming, or whatever you do then you would need to consider 16GB.
The only reason I have 12GB (triple channel) is because I run Virtual Machines, when I purely game I rarely go above 6GB - this is also in part because I've optimised my OS and have minimal apps running in the background, but that takes a lot of conscious effort.
I love it when people buy 16GB and don't actually need it... the first game that might stretch an 8GB system is GTA V.
If you don't game, then 8GB is likely to be plenty for the life of the PC. The exception being rendering but as you have a decent GPU you'd want to utilise that anyway.
Also if you do need RAM in the future, 2nd hand isn't a bad option...
 
It'll be 1333 MHz, with the OP reporting the single channel speed.

OP: have to agree with AGT, 8GB is plenty for the next couple of years. Also we're about to get DDR4 memory this year for LGA-2011v3 systems, next year will likely see it become mainstream. 1333 MHz memory is a bit slower than usual but the performance difference is minimal. For those reasons, using your current set of memory 'till you upgrade to a DDR4 system sounds like a good course of action.
 
For some reason I was convinced I had 4GB even without looking on the damn copy I did from Speccy. So yea im happy to see its 8GB!

My main reason for panick was GTA 5 is out on Tuesday and its recommended is 8GB, me being a clutz thought I had half of it and started flapping.

That said I will likely be upgrading the RAM at some point soon anyway. As you can see ive already done the GPU so ive kickstarted the long list of things to upgrade (joy).
 
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