Will 4gb memory bottleneck this?

[Chriz6097]

I was going to sell my old system http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2JVgQ to a friend for $700 and keeping in mind that its only 5 months old its not a bad price. The thing is that I had to already buy a hdd to get it running and just threw in the cheapest memory I could find so it would work. My plan was to purchase more memory later but considering that it is almost entirely for gaming I didn't think it would be all that necessary. Any thoughts? If i was to get memory it'd be soon because he wants it by Friday.

[TheSLSAMG]

Purchase more memory. Most games have started to use more than 4GB now.

[needmorewood]

if hes just gonna game 4gb should be fine

[needmorewood]

Purchase more memory. Most games have started to use more than 4GB now.

like what?

[Chriz6097]

like what?

I know BF4 can take up to 3 gigs by itself at times but he still has yet to buy it for himself.

[Ryan Leech]

if he wants to play BF4 he will need 8GB, if he plays older games or even some newer AAA games then 4GB is enough

[Chriz6097]

if he wants to play BF4 he will need 8GB, if he plays older games or even some newer AAA games then 4GB is enough

I think what I'll do is give him the pc in its current state and when/if he buys BF4 ill go ahead and install another stick for free.

[wng_kingsley7]

Buy eight gigs of ram or more trust me even though i got four gigs Chrome is taking a lot out of my laptop

[Benjamin G]

I would consider 4GB of ram a bottleneck at this point

[TheSLSAMG]

like what?

Not only the issue of RAM usage for games (BF4, COD:Ghosts, ARMA 3, etc.) but also the fact that he will have to close background programs (browsers, music players, PC monitoring, etc.) to use that 4GB optimally. Trust me, it's better for him to have 8GB+. Even the consoles have 8GB RAM total now. This itself will push games farther in requirements.

[Chriz6097]

Buy eight gigs of ram or more trust me even though i got four gigs Chrome is taking a lot out of my laptop

One of the things that makes me want to not bother is the fact that his fastest computer at the moment has only 2 GB...

[Ringtail Jax]

Try getting at least 6-8 gigs, 4 gigs is starting to become the minimum by now

[Unhelpful]

like what?

My extremely modded skyrim uses 9gb. It isnt supposed to. There should be no way. It is just messed up. But 9gb nonetheless. 

[needmorewood]

I know BF4 can take up to 3 gigs by itself at times but he still has yet to buy it for himself.

i thought he said a game could take up MORE than 4gb..... i was asking what game takes >=4gb

[Kyuubixchidori]

get at least 6. i had to RMA some ram, and had to only use 4 gb. it was terrible experience. let me put it this way, i dont have a game open and my computer is using 5.41gb. so no. get 8 if you can. memory really isnt that expensive 

[needmorewood]

My extremely modded skyrim uses 9gb. It isnt supposed to. There should be no way. It is just messed up. But 9gb nonetheless. 

i dont think memory leaks should count. but rofl

every thjough about putting in that memory manager from nexus mods?

[Chriz6097]

i thought he said a game could take up MORE than 4gb..... i was asking what game takes >=4gb

With windows in the background it becomes 6GB

[Chriz6097]

Not only the issue of RAM usage for games (BF4, COD:Ghosts, ARMA 3, etc.) but also the fact that he will have to close background programs (browsers, music players, PC monitoring, etc.) to use that 4GB optimally. Trust me, it's better for him to have 8GB+. Even the consoles have 8GB RAM total now. This itself will push games farther in requirements.

I could just be a bro and upgrade my memory and give him my old 16GB kit. Also while this thread is based on memory, would taking the heatsink off the vengeance pro's be hard or degrade performance/stability?

[needmorewood]

get at least 6. i had to RMA some ram, and had to only use 4 gb. it was terrible experience. let me put it this way, i dont have a game open and my computer is using 5.41gb. so no. get 8 if you can. memory really isnt that expensive 

dude it is alot more expensive than before.......

 

[needmorewood]

Not only the issue of RAM usage for games (BF4, COD:Ghosts, ARMA 3, etc.) but also the fact that he will have to close background programs (browsers, music players, PC monitoring, etc.) to use that 4GB optimally. Trust me, it's better for him to have 8GB+. Even the consoles have 8GB RAM total now. This itself will push games farther in requirements.

ok first of all 2 of those games u mentioned are poorly coded atm so they shouldnt really count  and COD actually uses about 1.5 as measured by people. but yea 8GB is nicer, i have 8GB and have a bunch of stuff open and its nice.

i was only asking what games (games alone) take up 4gb, im not arguing that he should/shouldnt get 8gb+

[Unhelpful]

i dont think memory leaks should count. but rofl

every thjough about putting in that memory manager from nexus mods?

I got it. No difference lol. I have around 500-ish mods, something was bound to go wrong lol. Im not gunna waste my time troubleshooting

[Cwazywazy]

You should get 1333MHz 8GB. (Higher speeds make no noticeable difference, might as well get cheaper RAM.)

[needmorewood]

I got it. No difference lol. I have around 500-ish mods, something was bound to go wrong lol. Im not gunna waste my time troubleshooting

the meory patch is literally 1 dll file that u paste into your Skyrim folder

people dont belive me when i say i have 302 and stable

[Faa]

Get a 2x4GB kit, not 1x8GB so you benefit extra performance of dual channel. 8GB is only a tiny bit expensiver and I don't understand why you made a thread for this..

[Unhelpful]

the meory patch is literally 1 dll file that u paste into your Skyrim folder

people dont belive me when i say i have 302 and stable

I know... I have it.... I am stable... Just using an immense amount of RAM lol