RAM Upgrade

[Aontaigh]

First of all, my computer speciifcations are as follows:

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 - 4.5GHz

GPU: Gigabyte R9 280X

RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Blue (2x4GB) - 2000MHz 10-11-9-28-1T

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda

SSD: x2 Sandisk Ultra Plus' 128GB (2x64GB) - RAID 0

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (Dual Channel)

 

I was going to purchase an extra stick of RAM, 4GB. The reason being I do video editing. Would I experience any difficulties with 3x4GB, any performance dips, etc.?

[nixproducer]

First of all, my computer speciifcations are as follows:

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 - 4.5GHz

GPU: Gigabyte R9 280X

RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Blue (2x4GB) - 10-11-9-28-1T

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda

SSD: x2 Sandisk Ultra Plus' 128GB - RAID 0

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

 

I was going to purchase an extra stick of RAM, 4GB. The reason being I do video editing. Would I experience any difficulties with 3x4GB, any performance dips, etc.?

You shouldn't my Friend has 12gb of ram and he has no problem with anything

[samuel]

I also have 14 GB. look at my signature.

[mk005]

You Shouldn't experience a problem until you feel like putting something into that 4th dimm slot.  Most motherboards are dual channel so when you put a second stick of ram into a matching channel you need to match the ram otherwise issues happen.  (even having the same brand/model number of ram isn't guaranteed to work.  This is why dual channel ram kits exist)

[Witt]

Shouldn't be a problem.

 

You Shouldn't experience a problem until you feel like putting something into that 4th dimm slot.  Most motherboards are dual channel so when you put a second stick of ram into a matching channel you need to match the ram otherwise issues happen.  (even having the same brand/model number of ram isn't guaranteed to work.  This is why dual channel ram kits exist)

 

This is correct, was about to write it, dang. +1

[brob]

First of all, my computer speciifcations are as follows:

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 - 4.5GHz

GPU: Gigabyte R9 280X

RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX Blue (2x4GB) - 2000MHz 10-11-9-28-1T

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda

SSD: x2 Sandisk Ultra Plus' 128GB - RAID 0

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (Dual Channel)

 

I was going to purchase an extra stick of RAM, 4GB. The reason being I do video editing. Would I experience any difficulties with 3x4GB, any performance dips, etc.?

 

Buying 2x2GB would only be a few dollars more and would be better as you would have all memory in dual channel. If you have the funds, 2x4GB would be even better.

 

With 3x4GB and the matched pair in the same bank (same colored slots), you will have 8 GB in dual channel and 4GB in single channel.

[Suika]

For video editing, you'd benefit more from a small SSD as a dedicated cache drive. As far as video rendering goes, adding RAM produces an insignificant upgrade.

[The Syndicate]

on my way to getting 16GB