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I have a Maximus VII Formula/Watch Dog mother board by Asus and a Haswell 4.0 Intel chip. I bought Gskills 2400 8 Gig x 4 = 32. Did I make the right decision? I looked at all the memory out there and based on my research I chose this memory. Have not put the computer together yet. I have a 30 day money back with New Egg.

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As mentioned, it's overkill for gaming, 32 is more for those doing lots of multi-tasking, video, imaging, CAD, VMs anything that's memory centric or using large data sets. A good set of 2x8GB 2400/10 like the Tridents or Snipers should more than handle your needs unless the the things I mentioned are among what you use your rig for.
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I don't see a reason for 32GB.

I use 16GB for my pro VFX work and never feel like I'm underpowered because of RAM.

See my sig, if you are a VFX or video rendering pro of the real-pro level, like working for VFX companies, then you'd probably not ask this question here.

I think its an overkill, exchange those for a good 2400MHz Cl10 RAM:

Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Newegg)

 
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Thank you for your input. I do a lot of gaming and want the best graphics possible. Also I watch a lot of movies in high definition. I thought if I maxed out my Dram it would give the best results. I was going to buy the 2 x 8 sticks. What will happen if I keep the ones I have? Will I see an improvement over the 16 gigs?

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Gaming is related to GPU, and sometimes it can be CPU intensive too. But none of the games today practically require more than 8GB if you have a powerful enough GPU.

16 GB is for future proofing for atleast 3-4 years practically. 32 GB is really not worth it.

No you wouldn't see ANY improvements until you do some really CPU intensive tasks (not games) like 3D development or pro VFX and video rendering.

And nothing will really happen, it'd just be like 16GB extra RAM than needed. By that I don't mean your PC won't accept it, it will. Its just doesn't make any sense for gaming.
 
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As mentioned, it's overkill for gaming, 32 is more for those doing lots of multi-tasking, video, imaging, CAD, VMs anything that's memory centric or using large data sets. A good set of 2x8GB 2400/10 like the Tridents or Snipers should more than handle your needs unless the the things I mentioned are among what you use your rig for.
 
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