whether to go with 4GB or 8GB of RAM ?

[Mohammed]

Hello,

how are you guys ? :)

I liked this site so much, and the reviews that has and always been great.

OK, I am getting the following:
MB: MSI 790FX-GD70
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
GPU: HD 5770
Memory: Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
HDD: WD 1TB Black, 640GB X2
CPU cooler: Zalman CNPS10x Extreme.
any burner.

I know that once I start this system, usually I don't shut it down.

so, I am wondering whether to go with 4GB or 8GB of memory, since most of my work will be running virtual machines simultaneously some times one two or three, but mostly two.

what do you think I should get, 4GB or 8GB ?

Thank you in advance :).

[ZZLEE]

If you are going to install WIN 7 (64 BIT ) yes to 8 GB. Win 32 Bit can only use 4 GB will usally only detect 3 GB of 4 GB most times. There is somthing called Creep more and more memory will be show up in un use the longer a computer is left on or soft restarted from sleep also.

So 8 GB WIN 7 (64 BIT) in my opinion

[martin_metal_88]

If you are doing vistual machine then go with 8GB if you are going with a 64Bit OS. if going with 32 bit OS stick with 4GB.

[MrDiaz]

It's subjective honestly, you can run multiple VMs with 4GBs of RAM without a problem. It depends on what you run on these VMs and how much load they will bring in. Which apps do you have running on the VMs?

[MarkOne]

I don't see where is the problem , if you have the cash you go 8 now, if budget is an issue you start with 4 and if you need you buy 4 more.

[Bond007]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

I don't see where is the problem , if you have the cash you go 8 now, if budget is an issue you start with 4 and if you need you buy 4 more.

I vote for just getting 4gb, then when you are running everything you will normally run check to see how much free RAM you have left. If you still have some save your money, but if you are near maxed out (which I kind of doubt) then get an extra 4gb when you can.

[LarkStarr]

Originally Posted by ZZLEE

There is somthing called Creep more and more memory will be show up in un use the longer a computer is left on or soft restarted from sleep also.

-what?





- 4GB now, 8GB later if you're feeling choked. if you have the cash, 8GB will definitely help. If you not installing a 64 bit operating system, ten don't bother with 8 GB either way. I'm probably repeating someone.

[Digikid]

Ram is so cheap these days.....go with 8GB.

[MrDiaz]

No man, 8GBs is too much. You WILL NOT gain any performance if you don't have to computing power to put those to use... trust me on that. 8GB's is a lot of memory. (dont even get me started on people running with 12GB of RAM for their gaming rigs, its a complete waste.

[homer98]

I say start with 4GB, if you notice you are running out, then get another 4GB later on. See how your VM's run and if they are using a lot of resources then upgrade to more RAM. But might as well save where you can if you don't need it, won't increase performance of the computer with having 8 instead of 4.