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September 21, 2014 4:25:37 PM

So I am building a pc and I am not sure. One day I want to max out my MOBO with 32gb (FAR from now.) Anyway I will be doing heavy gaming, possibly some video editing/converting, VMs too. If I do go with 8gb, could I just get one 8gb stick and then keep upgrading from there? Thanks.

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September 21, 2014 4:30:17 PM

No. Go with 2x4 GB, and if you feel the need to later, add another 2x4 GB. Dual channel RAM is faster than single-channel.
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September 21, 2014 4:35:17 PM

You won't need 32gb for anything ever, unless you are making a Hollywood film with every video editing app known to man open at the same time. 8gb is enougn for gaming/mild video editing. 16gb for heavy video editing
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September 21, 2014 4:57:21 PM

@GRUxTSAR - There was a time when someone said no one would ever need more than 640K of RAM (yes, "K"). That said, this system will likely be completely obsolete long before the OP needs more than 16GB of RAM

@GoliGuy - If you're going to have multiple VM's open as well as video editing, I'd probably go ahead with 16GB of RAM.

-Wolf sends

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September 21, 2014 5:00:28 PM

Wolfshadw said:
@GRUxTSAR - There was a time when someone said no one would ever need more than 640K of RAM (yes, "K"). That said, this system will likely be completely obsolete long before the OP needs more than 16GB of RAM

@GoliGuy - If you're going to have multiple VM's open as well as video editing, I'd probably go ahead with 16GB of RAM.

-Wolf sends



Thank you. +1 As soon as I selected him and it refreshed, yours popped up.
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September 21, 2014 5:01:26 PM

also, when you upgrade. make sure to get the same type of RAM, same brand.

not all ram dimms are compatible with each other so always make sure you get the same brand/type when you upgrade
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September 21, 2014 5:17:07 PM

yea get 1 for now, unless you doing heavy video editing you dont need it
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