Should I get more RAM??

Hey guys, I'm currently running 4GB of Ram and I am curious if I should upgrade to 8gb? I don't know if 4gb is causing any kind of bottlenecks and if it would be a waste??

Any input would be nice. I use this RAM currently and would be purchasing the same again (paid like 110$ when I bought 4gb, its 1/2 price now)

http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_312_612&item_id=027827

If all you do is play games, 4GB is enough, any photoshop, CAD work, 8GB will be good.

Just gaming! Thanks for the input :) Had buddy trying to tell me his PC was better then mine because he has 12GB of Ram.. LOL

Just gaming! Thanks for the input :) Had buddy trying to tell me his PC was better then mine because he has 12GB of Ram.. LOL

145ty

Ask him what CPU and GPU he/she has and then compare.

He only has a GTX 260 compared to my 560 Ti. Doesn't stand a chance.

IF you have the money why not, but if you really don't then don't

IF you have the money why not, but if you really don't then don't

James161324

I have the money to afford whatever I really want (until we purchase a house that is aha) but it really comes down to if its worth it or not. If it makes negligble difference...why purchase it if 4GB is enough. Thats why I've always weny for the mid-range products vs the high end. Why waste money on the high-end if the mid-end works good enough.

[QUOTE="James161324"]

IF you have the money why not, but if you really don't then don't

145ty

I have the money to afford whatever I really want (until we purchase a house that is aha) but it really comes down to if its worth it or not. If it makes negligble difference...why purchase it if 4GB is enough. Thats why I've always weny for the mid-range products vs the high end. Why waste money on the high-end if the mid-end works good enough.

Then if your a person who doesn't want to throw money for little gain for gaming its not worth it. 4 is more than enough for gaming

Alright, thanks. I'll stick to 4gb for now! Thanks.

Some people say yes. Some people say no. I'm one of those who says you want more than 4, but anything over 8 is overkill.xsubtownerx

There are veyr few APPS which will use over 4gb of ram.. I will give a example, if I run photoshop and open a medium sized PSD file (say 70mb with 50 layers) and then Alt-TAB into TASK MANAGER it shows 45% physical memory usage.

With this file open in photoshop. I'll run Google chrome with 4 tabs open on 4 different websites = it shows 55% physical memory usage.

now if I have all that open + Run Crysis2, and load a level. That = 81% physical memory usage. I still haven't hit 100% even with Photoshop+Google chrome(with 4 tabs) and Crysis 2 running all at the same time.

If you really want to give a boost to your computer, the CPU is far more important. The cpu is what actually speeds up everything your computer does. From loading files to compilling video. Ram is simply the "pool"your cpu uses to store data. You can't speed up your computer by simply topping up ram, all you're doing is increasing the amount of data your cpu can store.

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Some people say yes. Some people say no. I'm one of those who says you want more than 4, but anything over 8 is overkill.swehunt

[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Some people say yes. Some people say no. I'm one of those who says you want more than 4, but anything over 8 is overkill.xsubtownerx