Should I upgrade my ram

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

Guest

Guest
I have 4 1gb 1066mhz I believe of ram, and I'm thinking of upgrading it. The reason i'm considering is because recently, while playing Minecraft and skype calling, minecraft would completely freeze up and the CPU usage would be at like 100%. Normally it is at like 40%. I think upgrading to 8gb of ram would give my computer a lot more breathing space when playing games, I also just bought an ssd, would that help? But I think I will still upgrade ram. I've tested my computer on crucial and it has the ram that is right for my motherboard.
 
Solution
Tradesman1
8GB would be an improvement, if the mobo will take it - in a 2x4GB would be best - will need a 64bit OS if you don't already have one, depending on your CPU, may want to OC also - would help to know the CPU and mobo
Sort by date Sort by votes
spawnkiller

spawnkiller

Honorable
Jan 23, 2013
889
0
11,360
What cpu do you, have Minecraft is java based and only use CPU/RAM, no GPU and the actual minecraft.exe file is less than 1mb so a SSD would not improve anything for this game

Minecraft is really cpu intensive, make sure you have the power to play that full screen, with full detail

I can experience some lag myself when doing a lot of stuff, however it's not CPU limited, it's more bandwith limited and i have a pretty high-end machine...

Maybe you're using all the bandwith with skype and that's why minecraft lags (but 100% cpu usage show a little problem...)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest


Thanks for the reply. My motherboard can only have 4 2gb sticks, cause its a dell and, well you understand. I was planing to get a new cpu and mother board around my birthday, which is around black friday, its just when I want to get a new mobo and cpu, I also want a new case, so by black firday I'll have a new case and mobo, so yes I will get one in the future.

Is there any good cpu and motherboards that I should look out for. I really like msi bios from videos, so I would really like an msi, but gigabyte and asus are also good too. I also have a Geforce gt 630, so I dont have to worry about intergrated graphics and such
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest


Yea, I have going to upgrade cpu and mobo, its just cheaper with upgrading ram, atleast thats what I think.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest


I'd love to have 1600, but I've checked the specs, and it says max is 1333. I could possibly handle it, I just dont want to risk it.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest


AMD Athlon II x2 250
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Seladon-1370374

Seladon-1370374

Honorable
Jul 23, 2013
2,213
0
12,960
Your bottleneck is clearly on your CPU, not on your RAM, as I first said. I built a PC for my sister using an a6-5400k and 4 GB of RAM, and she's playing minecraft with some other things opened just fine. It's just that your CPU is about 50% worse that the a6-5400k. Before thinking about getting your RAM up, I would recommend you switching your motherboard and CPU, and then maybe after take a look at the RAM. Of course, switching CPU+Mobo will cost you more (a bit more, or a lot more, depending on what you're looking at), but THAT will really fix your problem.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest


Thanks for your help, is there any cpu and mobo you recommend
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Seladon-1370374

Seladon-1370374

Honorable
Jul 23, 2013
2,213
0
12,960
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom