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i have a (ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo) motherboard/ intel core 2 Quad Q9550 cpu oc'd 4.1gh and 8gb of memory. i'm thinking of getting 8gb more memory but i want to no, am i going to see some Performance difference or not ?

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Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95
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ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156
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G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
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You will be able to load quite a few more programs at once, as far as speed there may be a noticeable amount. Now the HDD and CPU will begin to be the bottlenecks.
 

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Samsung Chronos 7
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2.2 GHz Intel Core i7-2675QM
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Intel HD Graphics 3000/Radeon HD 6490M
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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thanks for your help

scrooge
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home build
OS
win 7 ( 64 bit)
CPU
Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95
Motherboard
ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156
Memory
G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD6800 Series
Sound Card
hdmi
Monitor(s) Displays
42" lg 3d tv
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 ssd pci-e revodrive
4 seagate 1.5 tb
PSU
Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Pl
Case
CoolMaster 922
Cooling
CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU
Keyboard
logtech
Mouse
logitect
Internet Speed
5 mbit
i have a (ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo) motherboard/ intel core 2 Quad Q9550 cpu oc'd 4.1gh and 8gb of memory. i'm thinking of getting 8gb more memory but i want to no, am i going to see some Performance difference or not ?

thanks
scrooge

Highly unlikely unless you are using software that is really taking advantage of all that ram. Things like SQL Servers, Exchange Servers or multiple concurrent virtual machines.

Run perfmon and resmon and see how much RAM you actually have in use. You might be surprised to see that you aren't using that much between 4 and 8GB already. Going to 16GB might be unnoticeable.
 

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Self-Built in July 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory
8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
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Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
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23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
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Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
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Corsair 620HX modular
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Antec P182
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stock
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ABS M1 Mechanical
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Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
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15/2 cable modem
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