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my system as stand is:

i5 4460

gtx 1070 (founders)

8gb ddr3

256 gb Samsung 850 Evo

1b Wd Blue

 

 

 

My question. is it worth the upgrade to 16gb of ram. im not gonna upgrade my cpu/motherboard for at least a year or two. I already have both of my ram slots full so if i upgrade im buying a full 8x2 kit of ram. Thats 60ish USD. Is it worth doing? i cant decide. thanks for the opinions ahead of time

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it can be if you use about about 6-7gbs

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Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

What are you doing with the rig?

playing games. light modding in games like overgrowth

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Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

I wouldn't do it unless you run VMs or like to run things in the background while you game.

i do run stuff in the background. mostly webpages, movies or the vpn that i use quite a bit. also i torrent in the background

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Just now, ImperialSteele said:

Are you doing Virtualization because performance wise it wouldn't be noticeable really.

Ya, I wouldn't. For 50 USD you could get another WD Blue 1tb :P

ok thanks. thats a good point :D

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2 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

I wouldn't do it unless you run VMs or like to run things in the background while you game.

running virtual machines in the background while gaming on AAA titles would require 32 gigs of ram and at least a 6700k 

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Just now, gtx1060=value said:

running virtual machines in the background while gaming on AAA titles would require 32 gigs of ram and at least a 6700k 

I didn't say running VMs in the background, I said "Unless you run VMs OR like to run things in the background"

i like linux 

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Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

I didn't say running VMs in the background, I said "Unless you run VMs OR like to run things in the background"

what i meant was that if he did that, 16 gigs still wouldn't be enough

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I wouldn't upgrade as you won't notice much difference. Best upgrade you "could" do is getting a Xeon 1231 v3. It'll give you four cores with hyper-threading. But I would just wait to upgrade to a new board in two generations.

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52 minutes ago, SlipperyPete said:

my system as stand is:

i5 4460

gtx 1070 (founders)

8gb ddr3

256 gb Samsung 850 Evo

1b Wd Blue

 

 

 

My question. is it worth the upgrade to 16gb of ram. im not gonna upgrade my cpu/motherboard for at least a year or two. I already have both of my ram slots full so if i upgrade im buying a full 8x2 kit of ram. Thats 60ish USD. Is it worth doing? i cant decide. thanks for the opinions ahead of time

I would say yes. The gaming standard is always rising and for certain games 16 is good. Also try to aim for DDR4 if your board supports it.

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