Will 8gb of ddr4 cut it?

killianzz · 17 Jan 2016 at 20:17

I've bought almost all of the components for my build, other than the graphics card. I opted for 8gb of corsair vengeance 2400mhz ddr4 ram. Will this be enough for gaming whilst playing poker (not very demanding software) and listening to music (plus possibly having the browser open)?

The cpu is an i7 6700k. I've already gone a bit overbudget, so I don't really want to buy another 8gb unless it would clearly be useful (I suspect it will...). The last time I built a pc 4gb was plenty!

Thanks

5960xNvidiaGamer · 17 Jan 2016 at 20:19

There are some games that use over 8gb, but not many at the moment. It's cheap enough now though tbh.

Disco_P · 17 Jan 2016 at 20:25

You'll be fine.

beany_bot · 18 Jan 2016 at 11:22

If you use multi-monitors or find yourself tabbing out of steam and surfing the web with a game still running in the background then you won't find 8GB enough. Thats my experience anyway.

Audigex · 18 Jan 2016 at 13:07

Depends on the specific game, but for the most part you'll be fine.

16GB would be nice but not necessary

marky-mcfly · 18 Jan 2016 at 15:13

you could always just get the 8gb to start with and see how you go on then buy the same 8gb kit after if it isn't enough to make 16gb?

Daniee · 18 Jan 2016 at 15:19

marky-mcfly said:
you could always just get the 8gb to start with and see how you go on then buy the same 8gb kit after if it isn't enough to make 16gb?

Probably best to do this.

dacads · 18 Jan 2016 at 15:31

More than enough, 16GB is just "nice" to have unless you have a need for it

SouthEastBlue · 18 Jan 2016 at 16:17

Never EVER had any trouble using 'only' 8GB of ram, with games running, music in the background streaming in Google Chrome etc and I've played pretty much every big AAA title that stresses a system to it's potential. 16GB is a peace of mind though, can't see anything taking that full amount any time soon.

RockoSRI · 18 Jan 2016 at 16:20

8GB will be fine for now. 16gb would be ideal though.

Only game I've seen use 8GB of RAM was Call of Duty Black Ops 3 on Max Settings.

Danny75 · 18 Jan 2016 at 16:51

GTA V, with Skype and one browser page open at the same time (whether Firefox or Edge), uses 55-60% of my 16GB memory. Other than that, 8GB would have been fine for my uses as I haven't come across anything else that exceeds 8. I don't photo or vid render at the moment. Also depends on your programs startup set-up, graphics settings too I'm guessing, etc.

theMilitant · 18 Jan 2016 at 20:12

I've also never had any problems gaming with 8gb of RAM OP. If I were you I'd go with marky-mcfly's suggestion though and only upgrade to 16gb if you find yourself running out of RAM with 8gb.

Steveocee · 18 Jan 2016 at 20:17

You've gone full bore on the CPU and probably some other parts, you're already over budget so just go 16GB or that itch won't go away.

djinacoma · 19 Jan 2016 at 12:26

I have 8 gig and seem to be fine. Everything I've read suggests 8gb will be enough but games are getting bigger and will soon require 16gb for recommended