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8Gigs of ram or SSD? Which is better?
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Nov 3, 2010, 05:37 PM
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I've ran my desktop on 6GB RAM and on 4GB RAM, didn't see any difference.
Right now I'm on 4GB RAM but I replaced my HDD with
this 160GB Intel SSD
and now I do see a difference especially in booting / loading times.
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System Name:
BlackPanther -- Great White Bengal
Processor:
E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.28V -- i7 930 @ 4Ghz
Motherboard:
Asus P5B -- Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Cooling:
Zalman CNPS9500 LED -- Scythe Yasya
Memory:
2x2048 DDR2 Apacer 890Mhz -- 3 x 2048 DDR3 Mushkin black line
Video Card:
Sapphire OC 5970 --Zotac 670 4GB
Hard Disk:
Intel 160GB SSD, eSata Seagate 250GB -- 240GB SSD Sandisk Extreme
Optical Drive:
LG DVD-RAM -- Sony BWU-500S-WW
CRT/LCD Model:
22" 1680x1050 LG Flatron -- 27" 2560x1440 Dell U2711
Case:
Aeroengine Jr -- NZXT Switch 810 White
Sound Card:
X-Fi Xtreme Music 5.1 -- Onboard sound & Z5500 Speakers
PSU:
Corsair HX850W Modular -- NZXT HALE90 850W PSU
Software:
Windows 7 x64 on both systems