8GBs at 800 mhz or 4GBs at 1066?

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jonespwns

Discussion Starter · Apr 10, 2011

is it better to have a high amount of ram and a bit lower MHZ or lower ram a bit higher MHZ?

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Shomiyamu!

· #2 · Apr 10, 2011

It depends on the timings and what you do.
Gaming, rendering, etc.

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jonespwns

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 10, 2011

i game and nothing else lol

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OverTheBelow

· #4 · Apr 10, 2011

In that case I'd go for the 4GB @ 1066mhz. Most of the time it is only MMOs that manage to break the 2.5GB ram usage.

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Shomiyamu!

· #5 · Apr 10, 2011

Yep 4gb.
You will rarely max it out.
Unless it's 800 cas4 vs. 1066 cas5
Get the 800.

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jonespwns

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 10, 2011

I've been playinga game called All Points Bulletin and it maxes out my RAM. ALL THE WAY. so thats why ive been sorta wondering

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Shomiyamu!

· #7 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by jonespwns;13077036
I've been playinga game called All Points Bulletin and it maxes out my RAM. ALL THE WAY. so thats why ive been sorta wondering

Full 8gbs?
What?
You sure you're not running like 8 instances of those games at once? (Kidding of course)
Don't mix ram?

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jonespwns

Discussion Starter · #8 · Apr 11, 2011

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Originally Posted by Shomiyamu!;13077054
Full 8gbs?
What?
You sure you're not running like 8 instances of those games at once? (Kidding of course)
Don't mix ram?

noo i meant when i had 4GBs lol. When i used 4gbs of ram it was like ALL of it. thats why i put the extra 4gbs in there

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Shomiyamu!

· #9 · Apr 11, 2011

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Originally Posted by jonespwns;13077072
noo i meant when i had 4GBs lol. When i used 4gbs of ram it was like ALL of it. thats why i put the extra 4gbs in there

Ah.
But it still wouldn't fill it up if you're just gaming.
Weird.
If it's mixed ram you might want to make sure that the timings are the same or else one set will dumb down to perform on par with the other set.

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jonespwns

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 11, 2011

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Originally Posted by Shomiyamu!;13077088
Ah.
But it still wouldn't fill it up if you're just gaming.
Weird.
If it's mixed ram you might want to make sure that the timings are the same or else one set will dumb down to perform on par with the other set.

I just went into my bios and set them both to 5 5 5 18. For some reason bios had them running at a different timing.

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Shomiyamu!

· #11 · Apr 11, 2011

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Originally Posted by jonespwns;13077215
I just went into my bios and set them both to 5 5 5 18. For some reason bios had them running at a different timing.

Now you're good assuming they're at 800mhz

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