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5/6/12 at 2:27pm
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Do you guys think that
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
Will be able to provide me with enough power to stream at 720 + play tera + normal applications (vent, browsers, music application)?
People say my internet might not handle it but I get a constant 20 down 15 up.
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post #2 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:28pm
Yup.
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post #3 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:28pm
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People say my internet might not handle it but I get a constant 20 down 15 up.

What people? That doesn't make sense.


8 gigs is plenty. 4 gigs would get the job done, but 8 is a good amount to go.
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5/6/12 at 2:29pm
should be enough. i have all the normal applications open with eve online open, a minecraft server, minecraft also running, along with a 500mb ramdisk and I also have my page turned off. I have only really gotten up to about 80% usage. So you should be good, Just get a 2x 4gb kit and then if you need to later you can get another kit to jump up to 16gb.
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5/6/12 at 2:30pm
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What people? That doesn't make sense.
8 gigs is plenty. 4 gigs would get the job done, but 8 is a good amount to go.
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post #6 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:30pm
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i agree that 8GB is is enough and so is your internet speed smile.gif
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post #7 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:34pm
Yes, 8GBs will be fine for what you're looking to accomplish. Anything higher is a waste of RAM and just extra stress on the IMC if you're not video editing, photo editing, 3D, music producing, extreme gaming, etc.
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post #8 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:37pm
You should be fine to stream 720p, I would start to worry more about your 9800 though as Tera takes a good chunk of GPU power.
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post #9 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:38pm
Bah, don't listen to them.

Man up and get the 2x 8 GB kit, and when you feel you want to supercede any whinging of logic or finances you can slam down and get another for a total 32 GB.
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post #10 of 27
5/6/12 at 2:49pm
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Bah, don't listen to them.
Man up and get the 2x 8 GB kit, and when you feel you want to supercede any whinging of logic or finances you can slam down and get another for a total 32 GB.

Please, tell us how you fully utilize all 16gb of your RAM.
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