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help selecting memory

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spider0011

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I have a sabertooth mobo, and amd 965 cpu need help picking out ram. My rig is flat out for gaming. Also need to know if 8 gb is enough or should I do 16.

thanks for input
 
drescherjm said:
Just get DDR3 1600 1.5V from GSkill, Corsair, Crucial or Kingston.



8 will be fine.
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I agree with this. G.Skill has been awesome for me even when I had to RMA a kit. I would also recommend taking a look at Mushkin as well.

As for how much, that is entirely up to you. For gaming, I would consider 8GB to be enough for now and the foreseeable future. If, however, you have the money burning a hole in your pocket and you've gotten everything else like a badass GPU, then go with as much RAM as you can afford.
 
skizzled said:
I agree with this. G.Skill has been awesome for me even when I had to RMA a kit. I would also recommend taking a look at Mushkin as well.

As for how much, that is entirely up to you. For gaming, I would consider 8GB to be enough for now and the foreseeable future. If, however, you have the money burning a hole in your pocket and you've gotten everything else like a badass GPU, then go with as much RAM as you can afford.
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Heck. RAM is dirt cheap these days. Cl9 1600 in 4*4gb dimms won't burn a hole in a wallet.
 
Yea I have pretty much gotten everything else I have a 670 4gb gpu. so memory is the only thing that i am need.

thanks for input everyone
 
Unnecessary higher frequency modules for an unnecessary higher price. Plenty of 4x4GB 1.5V 1333 and 1600 kits out there for under $90 that will perform just the same in real world use as higher frequency modules with todays processors . :/
 
DejaWiz said:
Unnecessary higher frequency modules for an unnecessary higher price. Plenty of 4x4GB 1.5V 1333 and 1600 kits out there for under $90 that will perform just the same in real world use as higher frequency modules with todays processors . :/
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That depends on usage, really. Is the extra second or so saved by faster memory worth it in encoding or rendering? Possibly, if you are doing it a lot.

Anyway, OP, pick your poison and enjoy. Just make sure its 1.5v or less and you'll be good to go. I guess I'm still under the impression that memory is more expensive than it really is as I haven't done any memory shopping in awhile. :p
 
And that's just it...an extra SECOND or so with heavy tasks such as encoding or rendering. For some, paying the ridiculous premium for faster memory may be worth the cost, as long as the question is asked from the beginning: is it REALLY worth it?
 
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