To Much Memory?

[dave8624]

Ok, I am doing a new build and am thinking of adding 4 more gigs of ram to a machine that already has 4GB am I just ram happy or is it worth it. Here is the build.

Intel Q660
eVga Nvidia 8800GTX
Asus P5N32-E 680i
4 GB Patriot PC2-6400
2 - 400 GB Seagate Baracuda in Raid 0
Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

Also, should if I should add another 4 GB, should it be more Patriot PDC24G6400ELK or OCZ OCZ2VU8004GK?

Thanks, Dave

 

[dave8624]

I know you guys touched upon this in the Crysis 4x1 vs 2x2 thread but I'm not just using it for games. I do a decent amount of Vid & Photo Editing.

 

[chookman]

Your not using it for gaming, yet you are buying a GTX??? with an SLI motherboard? im confused.

To answer your question 4gb will be more than enough no home user will need 8gb of RAM at the moment.

 

[paq7512]

Your not using it for gaming, yet you are buying a GTX??? with an SLI motherboard? im confused.

To answer your question 4gb will be more than enough no home user will need 8gb of RAM at the moment.

Ditto!

 

[runswindows95]

I'm lost on that one as well, chookman. Why spend $500 on a GPU when you're not going to game?

My advice:

Save some money by just getting a non-SLI mobo if you're not going to game at all.

You won't need higher than a 8600GT at most. Photoshop isn't a GPU heavy program.

Might want to get an OS HDD. It would be a shame to lose all your work if something happens to the OS. I always keep my OS on a separate HDD myself.

 

[bornking]

I disagree. the author saif it is not JUST for gaming = it IS for gaming AND video...your build is great (i am jealous). an extra 4GB of ram will only help with the video editing. I don't think that photoshop will use the 8GB of ram unless you are working with a 600dpi image that is more than a few hundred megs and has LOTS of layers...your call mate.

but I tell you this much, the GTX and SLI mobo is good, don't let ANYONE tell you otherwise, when the G92 cards come out, you can compete with them by just buying another 8800GTX which will (or should) drop in price.

again great build but one final thought...for this kind of cash why not get an ASUS extreme striker? I burned out an ASUS p5n32-e sli by OCing the CPU (e6750) from 2.66 to 3 ghz...and i read others have problems too.

spend the extra cash and get the striker if you are ocing, otherwise great build.

 

[dave8624]

Just to clarify, I am going to be using it for a lot of gaming, but I am also going to be doing Video & Photo Editing with Adobe Premier and Photoshop. Bornking thanks for the advice on the MOBO.

 

[chookman]

The striker only adds some LCD's, pretty lights and some extravagent copper design. For the price it aint worth it.

With initial specs on the G92 buying another 8800GTX to add to this shouldnt really compete with the G92 especially for the price youll pay for the extra GTX.

I dont think there is a version of photoshop out yet that will utilise that much ram. I could be wrong though.

 

[dave8624]

Thanks, I think I'm gonna stick with 4 gb of ram for now and also maybe I'll trade up to a G92 in a year or so after initial bugs are worked out.