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Windows 7: 8GB or 16GB RAM?
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08 Oct 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit |
8GB or 16GB RAM?
Hi everybody!
I bought a new laptop and it has 1 stick of 4GB ddr3 1600.
I use my laptop for:
- Video editing (premiere pro, vegas, after effects)
- Games (GTA 4/5, Sims)
- Photo editing
- Music editing
I am just wondering if I should get another stick of 4Gb 1600 or buy 2 8GB 1600?
Is 16GB worth it? Or is it overkill? Because it's quite expensive.
If I buy 2 8GBs I will have a 4GB lying around unused.
Please give suggestions!
Thanks  | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number ThinkPad x61, ThinkPad T420i, ThinkPad Edge E430, ThinkPad x230t
OS Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 3612QM (2.1Ghz)
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card nVidia GT 630M
Sound Card Dolby Home Theater V4
Monitor(s) Displays LG 72' 3D Smart TV/ Thinkpad 1366x768
Screen Resolution 1920x1080/1366x768
Hard Drives 1 TB Hitachi/320GB Hitachi 7200 RPM
Internet Speed 1000MB Fibre
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08 Oct 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit |
Also is 16GB 1333 or 8GB 1600 better? Which is faster?
Thanks  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ThinkPad x61, ThinkPad T420i, ThinkPad Edge E430, ThinkPad x230t
OS Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 3612QM (2.1Ghz)
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card nVidia GT 630M
Sound Card Dolby Home Theater V4
Monitor(s) Displays LG 72' 3D Smart TV/ Thinkpad 1366x768
Screen Resolution 1920x1080/1366x768
Hard Drives 1 TB Hitachi/320GB Hitachi 7200 RPM
Internet Speed 1000MB Fibre
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08 Oct 2012
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#3 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
8GB should suffice. 1600 is good. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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08 Oct 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 home premium x64 |
Which model are you talking about. 2 of those you list have a 4Gb max (mobo support) and one 8Gb support. I would advise checking before ordering memory you may not, in any event be able to use. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS Windows 7 home premium x64
CPU AMD FX-4100 AM3+ 3.6GHz 12MB Black Edition
Motherboard Asus M5A97 Pro
Memory Crsair vengeance 12Gb DDR3 1600MHz CL9
Graphics Card Asus GTX 560 1GB
Sound Card Realtek onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns G 1680x1050 native
PSU OCZ StealthXstream II 500W
Hard Drives OCZ 128Gb Petrol ssd
2x500 Gb Samsung
Internet Speed 8Mb or better
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08 Oct 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Which one of the computers in your specs are you referring to. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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08 Oct 2012
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#6 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 Toronto, ON, Canada |
| | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Hewlett-Packard Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II P960 Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1697
Memory 4GB DIMM 1066Mhz Micron Technology, 2GB DIMM 1066Mhz Ramaxel
Graphics Card AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
Sound Card AMD HDMI Output
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 40PFL4707/F7 40" LED TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Dell SK-8115
Mouse Logitech M325, Synaptics TouchPad
Hard Drives Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 SATA Disk Device (698.64GB)
Internet Speed Rogers Express (25Mbps Down, 2Mbps Up)
Other Info Optical Drive: HP CDDVDW TS-L633R
Network Interfaces: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller, Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
BIOS: Default System BIOS
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08 Oct 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit |
sorry guys. I should have said that I got a new lenovo thinkpad edge e430. it comes with 4gb ddr3 1600. should I get 8 gb 1600 or 16gb 1333?
my motherboard and CPU can support up to 16gb 1333 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ThinkPad x61, ThinkPad T420i, ThinkPad Edge E430, ThinkPad x230t
OS Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 3612QM (2.1Ghz)
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card nVidia GT 630M
Sound Card Dolby Home Theater V4
Monitor(s) Displays LG 72' 3D Smart TV/ Thinkpad 1366x768
Screen Resolution 1920x1080/1366x768
Hard Drives 1 TB Hitachi/320GB Hitachi 7200 RPM
Internet Speed 1000MB Fibre
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08 Oct 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
At the low prices of ram I would go for the gusto. I would go for another 8 gigs of matching ram that you already have. The difference between 1333 and 1600 I don't thing you will ever see with what you do. If you want to go 1600 then get all matching ram and enjoy all 16 gigs. If it was my computer I would add 8 gigs of matching ram. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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08 Oct 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by Firefighter  I got a new lenovo thinkpad edge e430. it comes with 4gb ddr3 1600.
my motherboard and CPU can support up to 16gb 1333 Mobo and CPU support 1333 speed and it now has 1600 speed??
I wouldn't buy any more unless I had evidence I was using all of the 4 I now had.
If you are using all 4 GB, I'd buy one more 4 GB stick as close to identical as possible to what you now have.
Unless you are the 1 person in 100 who legitimately uses more than 8 GB. I have no idea about that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit
CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked
Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX
Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 800 x 640
Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB
Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2
PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular
Case Antec Solo II
Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500
Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB
Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load
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08 Oct 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by Firefighter sorry guys. I should have said that I got a new lenovo thinkpad edge e430. it comes with 4gb ddr3 1600. should I get 8 gb 1600 or 16gb 1333?
my motherboard and CPU can support up to 16gb 1333 Sorry I meant that my motherboard and CPU could support up to 16GB RAM (1600MHz) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ThinkPad x61, ThinkPad T420i, ThinkPad Edge E430, ThinkPad x230t
OS Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 3612QM (2.1Ghz)
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card nVidia GT 630M
Sound Card Dolby Home Theater V4
Monitor(s) Displays LG 72' 3D Smart TV/ Thinkpad 1366x768
Screen Resolution 1920x1080/1366x768
Hard Drives 1 TB Hitachi/320GB Hitachi 7200 RPM
Internet Speed 1000MB Fibre
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