lestatdark on 02 April 2013
| _crazy_man_ said: Anyone think its time for me upgrade my RAM? Currently I have 3 2gig DDR3-1600G's. Seeing lots of peeps with 8-12 Gigs these days with obviously faster speeds. But for just running 1 monitor with max settings for today's games with what I have still be ok for a while? |
8 should be more than enough, even for taxing games. Anything over it is a bit overkill, but if you want to future-proof your rig and have money to spare, you can opt for a 16 - 32 gb config.
Current PC Build
CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz turbo) 6 cores OC'd to 5.2 GHz with Watercooling (Hydro Series H110i) | MB - Gigabyte Z370 HD3P ATX | Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Gaming OC BLACK 11G (1657 MHz Boost Core / 11010 MHz Memory) | RAM - Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4, 2400 MHz | PSU - Corsair CX650M (80+ Bronze) 650W | Audio - Asus Essence STX II 7.1 | Monitor - Samsung U28E590D 4K UHD, Freesync, 1 ms, 60 Hz, 28"
