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4GB or 8GB?

What is the comp going to be used for? 8 GB is pretty much overkill for all but a few applications like film editing or really RAM hungry virtualization (like if you wanted to run 4 VMs, each running a Websphere Application Server deployment at the same time with a giant application loaded into each). Or a RAM drive.
 
I already run Vista 64 so capacity isn't an issue before someone brings that up. But I mostly game and do a lot of video converting via NeroVision (I dunno if there's a better program out there?). I mean I'm not worried about it being overkill, just wondering what's going to provide a better long term performance. Is it more capacity or more speed?
 
I might make the jump to 8gb for the CAD and 3D software I use. Currently I have 4gb installed
 
As cheap as RAM is, you really can't go wrong with 4 modules price wise. But, it may require a bit of extra effort and bios tuning to get it stable and especially if you OC.
 
Vista loves RAM & puts it to good use via SuperFetch. I picked up 8 GB of OCZ SLI ram off the hot deals page for $110. At that price, how could you not run 8 GB? Just need to get the rest of my components (Abit IP-35, E8400, etc...). Then we'll see how it runs. ;)
 
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