Is it worth upgrading to 16GB of RAM?

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Hi all,

I currently play a lot of games on my pc and also record, along with facecam occasionally, for a YouTube channel. In doing so, I edit video within Sony Vegas Pro but only have 8GB. Would I see a lot of difference in rendering times, start-up times in applications etc and performance if I upgraded to 16GB of RAM?
 
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Forgetting gaming for the moment, if you are working with video of any size, te 16GB will be better for rendering, some newer games may show a bit better also with the additional DRAM
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It all depends on how much game the game(s)/application(s) actually demand and use. Example: If I'm playing Minecraft and it's only using 2GB/4GB , then I upgrade to 8GB of ram, I wouldn't notice the difference because it's still using that 2GB out of 8GB available ram. But lets say I'm playing Battlefield 4 and it's using 4GB/4GB ram although the game is supposed to be running with 6GB of ram, as well as lagging trying to multitask and do other variances, then yes a impact would be noticeable, given 6GB/8GB is being used. A game will only use as much ram as it needs or that it is allowed to use (manual input). Even if I have 128GB of RAM and I'm playing minecraft, it still will only use as much as it needs at any given time. If I'm using Photoshop and allocate 4GB, it will only use that 4GB, given how much I allocated.
 
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Depends on how much memory you are using at a given time. During memory limited instances yes you will see a significant performance increase otherwise if you are not being limited by memory your system will not become faster (more memory only helps in memory limited situations.).

If you want to know how much memory you use Microsoft's Technet applicaiton Process Explorer could tell you how much memory you use in a session. Under view -> System Information -> Memory in Process Explorer there is a Section listed as Commit Charge the Peak is the maximum memory used during a session in KB. If that number is above or around 8,388,608 then you could likely benefit from 16GB of memory. (I would consider close when you are using ~6,500,000 Windows will naturally try to conserve memory when you get close to using all of your Physical memory)
 
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I have 2x4GB Kingston 1333mhz (667mhz) sticks. Wanted to upgrade to 16GB because i do loads of gaming and also video editing with Premiere Pro CC (with a NVENC_Export Hack to use Nvidia's 970 GTX to the max).

People told me it's better to upgrade with 2x8GB.. But what's the difference if i work with 2 more 2x4GB RAM?... 2x4GB would cost me 60€+4€ of shipping while 2x8GB would cost me 120€ for...Kinda the same..

help?
 
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You should really open your own thread, but quickly, 2x8GB is better in that you are assured the 2 sticks in the package are guaranteed to play, add another 2x4GB (even of the same exact model) there are no guarantees they will play with the old. Also 2x8GB is less stress on the MC (memory controller) than a 4x4GB setup
 
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