ddr3 ram upgrade decision

[Nordic]

I have 4gb of this ram here. G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 .... I could buy another 4gb for a total of 8gb.

Or I could... buy 4gb or 8gb of this ram here. G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR.... It has a faster cas and lower voltage.... but costs more.
Newegg for the next 2 days has 10% off all desktop ram. So I would save a little bit.

So what would you do?

 

[JrRacinFan]

What's your daily use like?

 

[Nordic]

I don't use more than 4gb. I do game. Prices are really low right now for ram and some manufacturers are going to cut down their production to make prices go up. So really I am just future proofing. I was just going to upgrade to 8gb but saw the faster ram.

 

[JrRacinFan]

If you only game, save your money. Buy a game on steam instead.

Loosen the timings up to cl9 and see how much bandwidth you can squeeze out of your current sticks.

 

[BraveSoul]

u wont notice a thing with the beter cas,,, extra 4gb however would help if you keep firefox open at all times with 20+ tabs and bunch of other stuff + playing games

 

[Goodman]

I would go 8GB ram...
It's what i did , went from 4 to 8 & yes it help in games like Crysis no matter what people think...

No it doesn't speed up the game & you still get the same fr/s but... the game will play more smooth , load faster & now i am able to play @1920x1080 4xAA full (Enthusiast) without any slow down , much better playability then before & faster respond than when i was using only 4GB ram & could only get gamer level

I press CTRL,ALT+DEL while in the games & start Task Manager/performance & saw that i was using 4.11GB of ram & yes i had only Crysis running so there you go...
So i imagine people running the game at much higher resolution they may get close to using 4.5-5GB of ram , maybe more...?

BTW:I Intall & run Crysis Warhead in 64bit