So, I found a great deal on 4 gigs(2x 2gig) ocz reapers ...I already have 4 gigs of reapers. would 8 gigs just be overkill? would it benefit me in any way or would I be flushing money down the crapper? I use Vista 64 bit. I know it will see all 8 gigs, but would it actually ever use it?
Most people never need 8 GB but that's really up to you. Right now, 4GB is enough, but it's really up to you. deltatux
Getting another 4gb of RAM could affect your overclock a fair bit.. as your RAM timings will go from 1T to 2T.. So, you might want to consider whether you like your overclock how it is or whether you're willing to let your overclock possibly take a hit from the timings change and also greater load on the memory controller.. HyBrId
I just got a set of 4x2GiB sticks of DDR2-800 by OCZ. It works wonders, but everyone is right. As of current you will never fill up this ram. The closest I got was 5Gb usage (I'm running Server 2008 Enterprise x64) and that was copying some 1080p video over Gigabit Ethernet. Rumor has it that you can actually disable your page file without an issue with that much ram though. I've yet to try it. Make sure you motherboard supports 2Gb sticks at what ever speed you buy it. My Intel 975x chipset didn't run them, so I had to buy a new board (I ended up getting a lot more while I was at it though. )
Yeah, 8GB is supposedly able to disable paging file. I myself bought 4x 2048MB Kingston DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 sticks, since I'm going to do some pretty big content creation. Doesn't hurt to have more RAM.
I saw a nice comfort level increase going from 4 to 6, but I don't think I get nearly the same from 6 to 8. Unless you're doing really RAM hungry stuff, like heavy photoshop or similar projects, I would skip on it, 4GB is enough for any game, even 64 bit games.
my ram timings are at 2T now, also, I had to drop my ram from 1066 to 1000 to get stable @ 4Ghz...So the 8 gigs would be a heavier load on the memory controller?
I would say yes ONLY if the ram that you are getting is really cheap. You might notice a slight difference in speed (increase or a slowdown depending on settings.)
Running 2*2 gb in Vista x64, I haven't ever used a pagefile. I've played video games with Vuze running in background...never had a memory issue.
$40..... ??? uhm yeah i would get it myself if i had the money right now. Yeah that is definatelly a deal.
Then yes, you can can can. Although its a waste of money consider an after market cpu and gpu cooler or sound card.
