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Old 4 Weeks Ago   #1 (permalink)
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Default Is 4 GB of RAM enough?
Will 4 GB with Windows 7 be enough to handle anything I throw at the computer? (not sig rig)
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kind of depends on what you're trying to do, if its gonna be an enthusiast game rig id shoot for more like 6GB to be safe about it.. but i tend to overkill
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Will 4 GB with Windows 7 be enough to handle anything I throw at the computer? (not sig rig)
Will do fine for gaming and such but depends on your needs and what you plan on doing
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Yes.

I've never gone over 4GB of usage, even while having many, many things open in the background and gaming.
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Should be more than enough. I run 4gb with W7 and I haven't maxed my ram out yet.
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4GB is enough for gaming rigs... in fact, 3GB is fine as well.

Really, the only time you need more than that is for video/photo editing, CAD, VMs, ect. Programs were you already know that you needed more memory.
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I've never needed more than 4GB. Be sure to turn your page file off as well. Makes things snappier.
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As others already said, but I too will emphasis this, 4 gigs of ram is plenty.
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4Gig is plenty.
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