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8gb is pretty much ideal. I have supported only needing 4gb for a while but it's gotten to the point where it just doesn't cut it any more. During the GW2 Beta weekend that game alone took up about 2.5gb of RAM. I had to go through the task manager shutting down anything I wasn't using and even then it like to freeze up every now and then. BFBC2 does it occasionally but it's not too much of a problem.
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8GB will be fine. the cooler you have wouldn't even be a problem with 4 sticks of any low profile ram. it's one of the smaller coolers out there. I had a crosshair IV and the same cooler I have now (which is much bigger than yours) and it only covered the closest ram slot to the cpu socket.
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8GB will be fine. the cooler you have wouldn't even be a problem with 4 sticks of any low profile ram. it's one of the smaller coolers out there. I had a crosshair IV and the same cooler I have now (which is much bigger than yours) and it only covered the closest ram slot to the cpu socket.

Okay thanks for the info smile.gif
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