RAM It Down, RAM It Down! (RAM upgrade question)

A software download of hardware? Seems legit.

Hahahaha, ridiculous!

LOL :D

ive got a 4gb page file to go with my 4gb of system ram and i dont do anything like photo or video editing so thats patently untrue, when games starting to ask for minimum 6gb 8gb isnt alot

I once had a computer salesman allege that I'd never need a hard drive larger than 40 gigs.

Yeah.

It always depends on what the person does with the computer.

I'm currently hovering around 10 GB of RAM used, and I'm not even in a game right now. I wouldn't go under 16 GB, ever.

For someone doing some large scale 3D modeling or video editing, more RAM can only help. Don't try to apply your personal use to everyone's situation. For regular Windows usage and gaming, 8 GB is probably sufficient. To me it's a baseline. (That's what I put in my girlfriend's computer, as well as my kids'.)

I have 8Gb and I really need to upgrade to 16Gb (max of my motherboard) or buy a new motherboard with 16Gb/32Gb of RAM immediately.

Why I need it myself? I'm programming and have started on 3D rendering/animation. Though 8Gb should run it, I prefer to have both my game engine open (Unity3D), the world editor I use for it (Axis Game Factory) and the 3D program (Blender).

...and yeah, I want 3 monitors as well :p

Not all your ram needs to be matched--just those installed in the same channel. For more information, see here, about 1/4 down the page (search for the first and second occurences of the word identical)

Very true. I'm using 2x2Gb Corssair and 2x2Gb ICIDU in my system. Somehow the two doesn't really like one an other when one of them is placed first (don't remember which). All banks are 100% fault free, run fine with only their own brand in the PC, and as they're setup now. But the moment I change the banks my PC gets lots of trouble and BSODs in Windows.

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6GB at max currently for games

Using 4Gb of RAM with FX 6350 and GTX 650Ti and haven't got any problem until now :)

^ What this guy said. The only person who's contributed anything useful to this thread.

Thanks for your advice. I think I'll just buy another 8 GB dual channel kit instead.

Matching timing is more important than matching size. Theoretically, there shouldn't be any issue running 8GB/4GB modules alongside each others. Matching memory from different vendors however, it's always a gamble.

It's always safer to go with a matching set bought together. At least they're certified to work well together and you're not left diagnosing weird problems and memory corruption.

"This is not an architectural limit; it is a limit imposed by Microsoft as a workaround for device driver compatibility issues that were discovered during testing."

As it says, it's disabled only because some 32bit drivers won't work with over 4GB of memory space. (Some hardware requires memory space too, which reduces the limit of RAM). You can actually use patch to disable limit.

He said he already had 8GB of RAM. I think it's safe to assume he already had a 64-bit OS.

Benchmark softwares gives better result.

AMD APU's like fast memory, but tbh you probably have discrete GPU. :P

No.

Right now. I'm looking to future-proof my computer a bit.

Heat spreaders can usually be removed by the consumer. The backlash against them often causes RAM with heat spreaders to be cheaper than comparable non-heatsinked RAM, so aftermarket removal is a great idea.

If the heat spreaders can't be removed by screws, slides, or otherwise disconnected, you can snip it off if you're fine with never being able to reattach it.

My case is huge, and already houses RAM with heatspreaders, so this is a non-issue for me.

I sure did.