How much RAM for a Budget Build?

[Bekah]

I do not have a very high budget for a gaming pc, and I was curious on how much RAM I should get. Should I just go with 8 GB, or should I go ahead and bump it up to 16 GB?

[RevoltTrain]

8GB is still standard, 16GB is generally if you edit videos

 

 

(Like me )

[Lolzious]

For a gaming PC, even if on a relatively loose budget, 8gb is more then enough.

[VioDuskar]

like above, 8GB

[GloriousPain]

For budget gaming pc 4-6GB is fine, med-hi 8GB cause that's all games use more is for Epeen or content creation or hardcore multitasking or such

[nims0c]

8 GB if, as you say, your budget is not very high.

[Kermit]

Usually 8gb of RAM costs around $60 if thats too much, 6gb is fine

[meet269]

As said by people above, 8 is fine for on budget also most games unless running at really high res don't pull upwards of 4 to 6 gbs anyway

[Ian Schmid]

8gb is fine for gaming and normal use but if you are going to edit and render vidios get 16gb

[SteveGrabowski]

Anything more than 8GB is just a luxury for a gaming system. Dying Light in its initial build could get you close to using 8GB counting the OS too, but even that is way easier on RAM usage after the first two patches.

[xCaleb]

8 gb is good for a medium budget, but since you are considering 16 gb I'm assuming that your budget isn't very small.  My suggestion is getting 12 gb of ram, as it it  offers a good bit of ram for more intense games with a bit of wiggle room for whatever else you are doing, and it doesn't cost a whole lot more.

[Fate]

I do not have a very high budget for a gaming pc, and I was curious on how much RAM I should get. Should I just go with 8 GB, or should I go ahead and bump it up to 16 GB?

8GB is a minimum/sweetspot imo. 16GB is a bit overkill for just gaming, but it'll definitely help when playing games ram heavy games like BF4/FC4 with a bunch of programs open. 

[Aniallation]

For budget gaming pc 4-6GB is fine, med-hi 8GB cause that's all games use more is for Epeen or content creation or hardcore multitasking or such

As said by people above, 8 is fine for on budget also most games unless running at really high res don't pull upwards of 4 to 6 gbs anyway

 

For AAA gaming 8GB is minimum. I had 6GB previously and upgrading to 8GB made a VERY noticeable difference in games like Watch_Dogs and COD:AW

[Anarchyz11]

For gaming, you wont need more than 8GB.  I've yet to use anymore than about 6GB in demanding games+2nd monitor browsing.

[TheInverseKey]

You will need 8GB

[GloriousPain]

For AAA gaming 8GB is minimum. I had 6GB previously and upgrading to 8GB made a VERY noticeable difference in games like Watch_Dogs and COD:AW

Those are the 2 of the highest ram using games there is, but neither uses more than 6.5GB at max settings,  and a budget rig shouldn't be expecting to max those titles anyway making that a very mute point and it's far easier for one to get a better graphics card, and a 4GB ram stick then later add in another 4GB stick of ram. Far easier IMHO compared to buy a cheaper graphics card with more ram then later pull out said graphics card throw it away and replace it with a new one far more money saved

[Geldar]

I do not have a very high budget for a gaming pc, and I was curious on how much RAM I should get. Should I just go with 8 GB, or should I go ahead and bump it up to 16 GB?

 

ususal answer, how much are u going to use?

 

for real budget (like $300) 4gb is fine, if u budget is like 400-600 then get 8gb, if u budget is 1k+ then 16gb