8 gig ram too much?

So i just built my pc and i have 8 gigs of ram in there and people are saying im crazy, but im a heavy gamer who plays lots of mmos and i want to play BF3 and other upcoming games at close to mx if i can. I had the extra money so through in 8 gigs. Whats everyone's opinion on this?

8 GB RAM is more future proof. Of-course for now you don't need that much RAM at all. 6 GB is more than enough.

But maybe in 5 years time when games require more RAM. Then 8 GB RAM will be needed.

Basically for now it's a waste of money. I would only upgrade to 6 if I was you. In 5 years time if you are gonna need more RAM you upgrade then. RAM will be even cheaper than, than it is now.

8 GB RAM is more future proof. Of-course for now you don't need that much RAM at all. 6 GB is more than enough.

But maybe in 5 years time when games require more RAM. Then 8 GB RAM will be needed.

Basically for now it's a waste of money. I would only upgrade to 6 if I was you. In 5 years time if you are gonna need more RAM you upgrade then. RAM will be even cheaper than, than it is now.

BLaZiNg_SPEED

Let's make it 2 or 3 years. 5 years seems a bit far away.

I went with 8 gig also.

It causes no harm and the price difference is minimal with RAM prices these days.

Just enjoy your future proofiness.

In games and such with heavy use, I have reached 3.5 gigs of usage. I wouldn't want to have done that with only 4 gigs. but Windows 7 is kinda weird, The more RAM you have, the more it will use.

If you're building a rig today with a decent budget to work with, it makes sense to go with 8gb. While there aren't many tasks (certainly not many games) that will use over 4gb right now, this is a great time to buy RAM. DDR3 looks to be firmly entrenched for at least the next couple of years, so it's a good investment. DDR3 is so damn cheap right now that it makes sense to snatch up 8gb. I know that I plan on transferring my 8gb over to my next rig, which will probably use whatever comes after the current gen of CPUs/mobos (after Bulldozer/Sandy Bridge). I'll be pissed if we move onto something other than DDR3, but ehh.. I'll always be able to sell it for something.

If you're building a rig today with a decent budget to work with, it makes sense to go with 8gb. While there aren't many tasks (certainly not many games) that will use over 4gb right now, this is a great time to buy RAM. DDR3 looks to be firmly entrenched for at least the next couple of years, so it's a good investment. DDR3 is so damn cheap right now that it makes sense to snatch up 8gb. I know that I plan on transferring my 8gb over to my next rig, which will probably use whatever comes after the current gen of CPUs/mobos (after Bulldozer/Sandy Bridge). I'll be pissed if we move onto something other than DDR3, but ehh.. I'll always be able to sell it for something.

hartsickdiscipl

I went with 8 gig also.

It causes no harm and the price difference is minimal with RAM prices these days.

Just enjoy your future proofiness.

In games and such with heavy use, I have reached 3.5 gigs of usage. I wouldn't want to have done that with only 4 gigs. but Windows 7 is kinda weird, The more RAM you have, the more it will use.

danjammer69

8 is really not needed, but i plan on upgrading during christmas time. To 8.

If you have the money go for it.

Why are people staying to stick with 4 gig or trying to show him other ram options?

He said in his post that he already has 8 gigs of RAM.

Gee whiz people.

You can buy 8GB of DDR3 now for the same price I paid for 4GB of DDR3 earlier this year. It is totally worth it, I might be biased though because I run dual monitors now.

I remember a mate of mine arguing with a college lecturer about how 4mb RAMwould never be enough to future proof a computer, the lecturer was of the opinion that no one would ever have any need for more than that.

Basically you can never have too much RAM

I remember a mate of mine arguing with a college lecturer about how 4mb RAMwould never be enough to future proof a computer, the lecturer was of the opinion that no one would ever have any need for more than that.

Basically you can never have too much RAM

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I remember a mate of mine arguing with a college lecturer about how 4mb RAMwould never be enough to future proof a computer, the lecturer was of the opinion that no one would ever have any need for more than that.

Basically you can never have too much RAM

danjammer69

I remember getting a new computer with 8mb of ram and a CD rom drive it was freaking awesome upgrade from my old computer it also had a 500mb harddrive. My old computer only had like 20mb harddrive. 66mhz of pure awesomeness.

I remember getting a new computer with 8mb of ram and a CD rom drive it was freaking awesome upgrade from my old computer it also had a 500mb harddrive. My old computer only had like 20mb harddrive. 66mhz of pure awesomeness.AutoPilotOn

I really like all the "8 Gigs is too much, but 6 gigs is fine" posts.

All matched pairs of ram are either 4 gigs or 8 gigs when it is dual channel, so getting 6 gigs is extra effort.

I really like all the "8 Gigs is too much, but 6 gigs is fine" posts.

All matched pairs of ram are either 4 gigs or 8 gigs when it is dual channel, so getting 6 gigs is extra effort.

GummiRaccoon

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I really like all the "8 Gigs is too much, but 6 gigs is fine" posts.

All matched pairs of ram are either 4 gigs or 8 gigs when it is dual channel, so getting 6 gigs is extra effort.

halokillerz