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Sam
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Is this sufficient enough RAM do you think?
LeeM
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I don't know much about computers, but didn't know you could even put as much as 16gb in
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yes
Nath
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I've got 8GB and that seems plenty so far.
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Thanks
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depends on the speed really

I have 4gb ddr3 1333mhz and its fine.
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Thats overkill imho
4-6Gb would be fine.
I'm putting 8Gb in my PC soon.
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I can't say I've ever used a computer with more than 2GB
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16GB of RAM? That would be sufficient in some high load server ffs, a desktop it's major overkill. I would be suprised if you found a game that needed more than 4GB RAM tbh. Waste of money if gaming is all you're going to throw at it.
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I got 8GB in mine atm and I don't even game .
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I have 2Gb at the mo and never use my PC for gaming. Only want 8Gb as I'm slowly replacing everything as my PC is 7 years old and needs updating.
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quote:
Originally posted by ashleh
I got 8GB in mine atm and I don't even game .

me too
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8-12GB is fine but 16GB seems overkill tbh. But, more the merrier.. as long as its decent ram and not crap
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Better off with 8GB of decent fast ram than 16GB of Ebuyer special.

[Edited on 02-01-2012 by Dom]
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quote:
Originally posted by ashleh
I got 8GB in mine atm and I don't even game .


This.
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16gb in work PC, doesn't struggle with anything I imagine your graphics card will struggle first!

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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 590 Graphics card - 3 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM would help on that score
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Will only be as fast as the slowest point in the pc
Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 590 Graphics card - 3 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM would help on that score


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