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Thoughts on 2x4gb

Seisatto
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Hi everyone. I have been looking at RAM and was wondering whether or not 8gb is enough to not bottleneck a 4690k and 970 in all games (both AAA and indie, etc)? Currently I cannot find a supplier that sells single 8gb modules of the memory I am after so my only option is 2x4gb or upgrading to 2x8gb. What do you guys think?

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I'd go for 16gb just to be on the safe side. While it can be enough for gaming, that's not all we use our computers for...(well, most of us)

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Depends on what do you intend to do with your pc. Gaming wise 8Gb is more than enough. I have 2x4gb Vengeance Pros and I am only able to use something close to 8gb is when opening several photos in raw format with photoshop.

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8 GB is fine for now.  16 GB might be more necessary in the next 2-3 years.

 

 

It's worth noting that lots of games will readily make use of extra memory lying around.  I've had some recent games use up nearly the full 8 GB, but they scale it down based on how much you have available.

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