Ram Upgradings

[Cliotoby]

Current: 4x2GB Gskill Ripjaw, DDR3Dual 1600mhz.

Mainboard will support up to 16GB 2200MHz.

Thinking of upgrading to 16GB. Not sure whether to stick to 1600mhz or spend double the money on 2200mhz (Or there about) to 16GB.

If I do however I think it could mess up my overclock, Im sure the ram gave my i5 750 the extra boost so to speak, so possibly not all that good an idea?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-158-GL

 

[conneh]

Stick to 1600Mhz, i'm currently using Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz (2x4Gb). Can't fault it.

 

[Cliotoby]

Might try that Black Dragon s**t whats on order

 

[st3ve]

I'd stick with what you currently have tbh, what do you plan to do that requires 16gb?

 

[Darren S]

I'd stick with what you currently have tbh, what do you plan to do that requires 16gb?

Probably nothing. But I got 3x 2GB on my i7 build initially and came across some silly cheap 3x 4GB earlier this year. So now I'm rolling on 18GB. Pointless, but meh...

D.

 

[Addicted]

Do you even have a use for 16gb? 8gb is fine.

I'm still rolling 6gb and see no need to upgrade atm still.

 

[Cliotoby]

p**n buffering in HD. Requires the more rammage.

Just wanted to prove to people my penis was bigger really. Thought 8GB was on its limits especially with metro 2033.

 

[Addicted]

I'd bet you £100 Metro 2033 doesn't use 8gb of RAM

 

[Darren S]

Do you even have a use for 16gb? 8gb is fine.

I'm still rolling 6gb and see no need to upgrade atm still.

None. Absolutely none whatsoever. I have used about 9GB before now, but that's when I had a LOT of apps running at once, which I very rarely do.

If devs stopped arsing around with the old x86 memory limits and pushing the archaic DX9 standard to melting point - the DX11 & x64 dedicated titles could really benefit. Imagine games like Skyrim or Borderlands 2, etc where you'd have the option to load the entire world into memory on startup? Granted, it might take 3 or 4 minutes to 'load' the game up - but you would have a nigh-on seamless experience.

D.

 

[Cookie]

The only time I've used silly amounts of RAM was when I had loads of VM's spun up. Normal gaming doesn't go anywhere near my 8 gigs

 

[Cliotoby]

I sometimes run GNS with a few routers for CCNP s**t but I think 8GB just about covers it most the time.