Should I upgrade from 8GB to 16GB of RAM?

[johnnyTheMac]

Hello,

I currently have 8GB of 1866 MHz in my rig. I was wondering if I should maybe look into upgrading it to 16GB. I mostly use my rig for gaming. I do not really use it for work anymore. Is it worth upgrading or is 8 GB still enough for gaming? I mean, I am running games fine now, but I guess it is more of a future thing.

Thanks in advance for your response!

[Shhuks]

Nope.  (The end)

[Tarzan]

Of course not!

[FinestRyeBread]

8gb is enough. 16 is more than enough. You don't need 16gb of ram

[You_are_a_cunt]

Unless you see your ram usage anywhere near 8GB I don't see much reason to upgrade

[Si3Rra_7]

Get 16gb of DDR4 when you upgrade CPU

[Komplett]

Depends if you have background stuff going on, GTA V use like 6GB, so doing more stuff can be slow. But unless you run alot of background stuff, no.

[VioDuskar]

Hello,

I currently have 8GB of 1866 MHz in my rig. I was wondering if I should maybe look into upgrading it to 16GB. I mostly use my rig for gaming. I do not really use it for work anymore. Is it worth upgrading or is 8 GB still enough for gaming? I mean, I am running games fine now, but I guess it is more of a future thing.

Thanks in advance for your response!

how often do you fill up that 8GB of RAM?

if rarely or never, no need to upgrade.

 

 

(i say as i sit on 32GB of RAM....)

[kristaps552]

I Upgraded to 16, I saw some improvements which I can't really explain, it was just a bit of a more fluid experience.

[MiauwMaster]

With just gaming you will not need more than 8GB of ram. If you really want to know how much you need/use just open task manager and under the 'performance' tab check how much you actually use when gaming, browsing or under your normal load.   

[typographie]

It's definitely not crucial yet, but I often hover around 6.5–7.5 GB in use from The Witcher 3, a Chrome tab or two, Steam, GOG, and Windows. 16 GB is justifiable, I think, but that upgrade will be just as easy in six months or so as it is now. I definitely do not think you "need" 16 GB at this point.

[Kyuubixchidori]

depends. I went from 8 to 16 because I found 2x4gig ram for 22$. so yeah I upgraded. But I also like to run game servers as I play games, so i was hitting the 8 gb

[hogfather]

Hello,

I currently have 8GB of 1866 MHz in my rig. I was wondering if I should maybe look into upgrading it to 16GB. I mostly use my rig for gaming. I do not really use it for work anymore. Is it worth upgrading or is 8 GB still enough for gaming? I mean, I am running games fine now, but I guess it is more of a future thing.

Thanks in advance for your response!

if you have more ram you can kill of swap, which makes some things run a bit quicker.  The other way to look at is is that DDR3 will seize to be produced and the prices might jump.  you might be better off picking up another 8 or even 16 gb is they are cheap/on sale/etc because in the near future DDR3 won't be produced....

just my two cents...

[SSL]

I Upgraded to 16, I saw some improvements which I can't really explain, it was just a bit of a more fluid experience.

 

In other words, it was the placebo effect.

[burt]

No, 8gb for gaming is already enough, for me a 16gb ram and possible higher are for high res video editing.

 

Could someone by the way tell me what will happen if my processor is small or not that powerful (2nd-3rd gen intel core 3) , and I have have a 8-16gb of ram for video editing?

[mrjordann]

DEFINITELY NOT, I know the person with the highest benchmarking custom PC in The U.S., and he said he never uses more than 7 gigs in any benchmarks or anything. Unless you're like rendering full-length movies or transferring hundreds of gigabytes at a time, no need to upgrade. I have 8 and I don't think I'll ever upgrade.