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- Dec 14, 2010
I've been thinking about upgrading my main PC to a newer platform sometime in the next few months, and I've been considering how much memory I should get.
Current Rig:
Case: Cooler Master 690 II Advanced
CPU: Intel Q6600 SLACR @3.3GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
RAM: 8GB G.Skill [email protected]
CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i
Video: Evga GTX 660Ti
Power Supply: Corsair HX750W
HDD: Western Digital 320GB Caviar Blue (OS)+500GB Caviar Black (Storage)
ODD: Lite-on DVDRW LH-20A1S
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
With my current PC I have 8GB of DDR2-1066 (4x2GB sticks). At idle my memory usage is 19-30% depending upon what's running and/or if there are background processes using up memory for updates, virus scans, or other things. While browsing the web I'm usually somewhere between 25-45% memory usage. Now, if I'm gaming it jumps to 60-70% memory usage.
If I remove two sticks for 4GB, then the story changes dramatically. Then I'm at 35-45% memory usage at idle. Web browsing usage jumps to 50-65%. Gaming would be around 70-85% (maybe 90% in more intense parts of the games).
I'm wondering if I should just stick to 8GB or if upgrading to 16GB or more would be advisable?
Current Rig:
Case: Cooler Master 690 II Advanced
CPU: Intel Q6600 SLACR @3.3GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
RAM: 8GB G.Skill [email protected]
CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i
Video: Evga GTX 660Ti
Power Supply: Corsair HX750W
HDD: Western Digital 320GB Caviar Blue (OS)+500GB Caviar Black (Storage)
ODD: Lite-on DVDRW LH-20A1S
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
With my current PC I have 8GB of DDR2-1066 (4x2GB sticks). At idle my memory usage is 19-30% depending upon what's running and/or if there are background processes using up memory for updates, virus scans, or other things. While browsing the web I'm usually somewhere between 25-45% memory usage. Now, if I'm gaming it jumps to 60-70% memory usage.
If I remove two sticks for 4GB, then the story changes dramatically. Then I'm at 35-45% memory usage at idle. Web browsing usage jumps to 50-65%. Gaming would be around 70-85% (maybe 90% in more intense parts of the games).
I'm wondering if I should just stick to 8GB or if upgrading to 16GB or more would be advisable?
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